Old-age dependency ratio in Czechia
In 2025, Czechia had 32.4 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people aged 15 to 64.
Czechia, 2025
32.4
Change from 2024
+0.3%
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
18th of 40
Old-age dependency ratio in Czechia 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 | Czechia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.4 per 100 working-age people | 34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 32.3 per 100 working-age people | 33.9 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 32.1 per 100 working-age people | 33.4 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 32.6 per 100 working-age people | 33.1 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 32.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) | 32.6 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 31.1 per 100 working-age people | 32.0 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 30.4 per 100 working-age people | 31.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 29.6 per 100 working-age people | 30.8 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 28.6 per 100 working-age people | 30.2 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 27.6 per 100 working-age people | 29.6 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 26.6 per 100 working-age people | 29.0 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 25.7 per 100 working-age people | 28.4 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 24.6 per 100 working-age people | – |
| 2012 | 23.4 per 100 working-age people | 27.1 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 22.3 per 100 working-age people | 26.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 21.7 per 100 working-age people | 26.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 21.1 per 100 working-age people | 26.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 20.6 per 100 working-age people | 25.7 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 20.3 per 100 working-age people | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 20.0 per 100 working-age people | 25.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 19.8 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 19.7 per 100 working-age people | 24.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 19.7 per 100 working-age people | 24.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 19.7 per 100 working-age people | 23.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 19.7 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 +0.3% from 32.3 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 26.6 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +21.8%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 34.5 per 100 working-age people.
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Population aged 65 and over
20.7%
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Median age of the population
44.3 years
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Population on 1 January
10,909,500 people
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Population by age and sex
10,909,500 people
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Crude birth rate
7.1 per 1,000 people
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Crude death rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
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