Papua New Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Age dependency ratio, young
Papua New Guinea
52.4%
in 2025
Timor-Leste
53.7%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
59th
Timor-Leste rank
57th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 53.7% against 52.4% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.3%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 59th and Timor-Leste ranks 57th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.8% | 67.4% | 14.4% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 84.7% | 67.1% | 17.6% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 77.0% | 68.3% | 8.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 72.8% | 77.6% | 4.8% | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 66.5% | 77.0% | 10.5% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 59.7% | 70.8% | 11.2% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 54.1% | 57.6% | 3.4% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 53.7% against 52.4% in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 1.3%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 59th and Timor-Leste ranks 57th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.