What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea?

0.0005 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Labor force, total, per capita

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0.3476 units per person

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.3481 units per person

in 2025

Democratic Republic of the Congo rank

157th

Papua New Guinea rank

156th

Labor force, total, per capita over time

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.3481 units per person against 0.3476 units per person in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 0.0005 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 157th and Papua New Guinea ranks 156th of 188 countries.

Democratic Republic of the Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.3995 units per person	0.2839 units per person	0.1156 units per person	Democratic Republic of the Congo
2000s	0.3879 units per person	0.2969 units per person	0.091 units per person	Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s	0.3547 units per person	0.3169 units per person	0.0378 units per person	Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020s	0.3457 units per person	0.342 units per person	0.0037 units per person	Democratic Republic of the Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.3481 units per person against 0.3476 units per person in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2025.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea?: 0.0005 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?: Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 157th and Papua New Guinea ranks 156th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Labor force, total, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.