Mozambique vs Papua New Guinea: Age dependency breakdown

Mozambique

5.3%

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

5.3%

in 2023

Mozambique rank

211th

Papua New Guinea rank

209th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Papua New Guinea currently reports 5.3% against 5.3% in Mozambique, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mozambique ahead.

Mozambique ranks 211th and Papua New Guinea ranks 209th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Age dependency breakdown
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).