Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Old-age dependency ratio

Congo

5.2%

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

5.3%

in 2023

Congo rank

212th

Papua New Guinea rank

209th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Papua New Guinea currently reports 5.3% against 5.2% in Congo, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Congo ranks 212th and Papua New Guinea ranks 209th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
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).