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Values for 2025
Portugal, 2025
38.6 per 100 working-age people
+59.5% since 2001
European Union, 2025
34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional)
aggregate · +47.4% since 2001
Spain, 2025
31.2 per 100 working-age people
+27.3% since 2001
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People aged 65+ per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.6 per 100 working-age people | 31.2 per 100 working-age people | 34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 38.2 per 100 working-age people | 30.8 per 100 working-age people | 33.9 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 37.8 per 100 working-age people | 30.4 per 100 working-age people | 33.4 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 37.3 per 100 working-age people | 30.2 per 100 working-age people | 33.1 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 36.5 per 100 working-age people | 29.7 per 100 working-age people | 32.6 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 35.6 per 100 working-age people | 29.5 per 100 working-age people | 32.0 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 34.6 per 100 working-age people | 29.2 per 100 working-age people | 31.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 33.8 per 100 working-age people | 29.0 per 100 working-age people | 30.8 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 33.0 per 100 working-age people | 28.6 per 100 working-age people | 30.2 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 32.1 per 100 working-age people | 28.2 per 100 working-age people | 29.6 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 31.4 per 100 working-age people | 27.8 per 100 working-age people | 29.0 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 30.6 per 100 working-age people | 27.2 per 100 working-age people | 28.4 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 29.7 per 100 working-age people | 26.3 per 100 working-age people | – |
| 2012 | 29.1 per 100 working-age people | 25.7 per 100 working-age people | 27.1 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 28.2 per 100 working-age people | 25.2 per 100 working-age people | 26.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 27.5 per 100 working-age people | 24.6 per 100 working-age people | 26.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 27.0 per 100 working-age people | 24.1 per 100 working-age people | 26.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 26.6 per 100 working-age people | 23.8 per 100 working-age people | 25.7 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 26.3 per 100 working-age people | 24.0 per 100 working-age people | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 26.0 per 100 working-age people | 24.2 per 100 working-age people | 25.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 25.7 per 100 working-age people | 24.0 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 25.3 per 100 working-age people | 24.4 per 100 working-age people | 24.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 24.9 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people | 24.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 24.6 per 100 working-age people | 24.8 per 100 working-age people | 23.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 24.2 per 100 working-age people | 24.5 per 100 working-age people | 23.4 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.