Age dependency ratio in Belgium
In 2025, Belgium had 57.9 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1973.
Belgium, 2025
57.9
Change from 2024
+0.3per 100 working-age people
European Union, 2025
57.9 per 100 working-age people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
57.8 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
89th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Belgium over time
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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.9 per 100 working-age people | 57.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 57.6 per 100 working-age people | 57.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 57.3 per 100 working-age people | 56.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 57.0 per 100 working-age people | 56.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 56.6 per 100 working-age people | 56.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 56.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 56.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 55.7 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 55.2 per 100 working-age people | 53.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 54.7 per 100 working-age people | 53.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 54.2 per 100 working-age people | 52.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 53.8 per 100 working-age people | 52.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 53.2 per 100 working-age people | 51.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 52.6 per 100 working-age people | 50.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 52.0 per 100 working-age people | 50.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 51.6 per 100 working-age people | 49.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 51.5 per 100 working-age people | 49.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 51.4 per 100 working-age people | 49.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 51.6 per 100 working-age people | 48.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 52.0 per 100 working-age people | 48.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 52.3 per 100 working-age people | 48.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 52.5 per 100 working-age people | 48.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 52.5 per 100 working-age people | 48.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 52.5 per 100 working-age people | 48.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 52.5 per 100 working-age people | 48.5 per 100 working-age people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 from 57.6 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 54.2 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +3.7.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Belgium has the 89th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 57.9 per 100 working-age people.
More for Belgium
All statistics for Belgium
Old-age dependency ratio
31.8 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 0 to 14
15.7%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
11,883,495 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
11,883,495 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.2p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.5p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat