Old-age dependency ratio in Bulgaria
In 2025, Bulgaria had 38.7 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Bulgaria, 2025
38.7
Change from 2024
+1.3%
European Union, 2025
34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
32.7 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
3rd of 40
Old-age dependency ratio in Bulgaria over time
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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 | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.7 per 100 working-age people | 34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 38.2 per 100 working-age people | 33.9 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 37.7 per 100 working-age people | 33.4 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 37.5 per 100 working-age people | 33.1 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 36.7 per 100 working-age people | 32.6 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 36.3 per 100 working-age people | 32.0 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 35.4 per 100 working-age people | 31.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 34.3 per 100 working-age people | 30.8 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 33.4 per 100 working-age people | 30.2 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 32.4 per 100 working-age people | 29.6 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 31.2 per 100 working-age people | 29.0 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 30.1 per 100 working-age people | 28.4 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 29.1 per 100 working-age people | – |
| 2012 | 27.8 per 100 working-age people | 27.1 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 27.0 per 100 working-age people | 26.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 26.5 per 100 working-age people | 26.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 26.1 per 100 working-age people | 26.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 25.8 per 100 working-age people | 25.7 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 25.5 per 100 working-age people | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 25.3 per 100 working-age people | 25.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 25.2 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 25.1 per 100 working-age people | 24.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 25.1 per 100 working-age people | 24.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 25.0 per 100 working-age people | 23.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 24.0 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.
In short
- That is a change of +1.3% from 38.2 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 31.2 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +24.0%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 34.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Population aged 65 and over
24.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
47.3 years
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
6,437,360 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
6,437,360 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.8 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
15.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat