Old-age dependency ratio in European Union
In 2025, the European Union had 34.5 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 2001. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Old-age dependency ratio in European Union 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 | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 33.9 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 33.4 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 33.1 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 32.6 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 32.0 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 31.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 30.8 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 30.2 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 29.6 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 29.0 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 28.4 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 27.1 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 26.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 26.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 26.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 25.7 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 25.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 24.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 24.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 23.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 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 +1.8% from 33.9 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 29.0 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +19.0%.