Age dependency ratio in Germany
In 2025, Germany had 60.2 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Germany, 2025
60.2
Change from 2024
+1.2per 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
72nd of 217
Age dependency ratio in Germany 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 | Germany | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.2 per 100 working-age people | 57.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 59.0 per 100 working-age people | 57.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 58.0 per 100 working-age people | 56.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 57.2 per 100 working-age people | 56.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 56.2 per 100 working-age people | 56.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 55.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 54.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 53.9 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 53.3 per 100 working-age people | 53.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 52.6 per 100 working-age people | 53.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 52.1 per 100 working-age people | 52.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 51.8 per 100 working-age people | 52.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 51.6 per 100 working-age people | 51.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 51.6 per 100 working-age people | 50.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 51.7 per 100 working-age people | 50.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 52.1 per 100 working-age people | 49.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 52.2 per 100 working-age people | 49.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 51.8 per 100 working-age people | 49.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 51.5 per 100 working-age people | 48.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 50.8 per 100 working-age people | 48.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 50.0 per 100 working-age people | 48.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 49.3 per 100 working-age people | 48.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 48.7 per 100 working-age people | 48.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 48.2 per 100 working-age people | 48.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 47.8 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 +1.2 from 59.0 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 52.1 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +8.1.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Germany has the 72nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 57.9 per 100 working-age people.
More for Germany
All statistics for Germany
Old-age dependency ratio
35.9 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 0 to 14
13.9%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
83,577,140 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
83,577,140 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.8 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
12.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat