Old-age dependency ratio in Malta
In 2025, Malta had 26.6 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people aged 15 to 64.
Malta, 2025
26.6
Change from 2024
+0.4%
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
33rd of 40
Old-age dependency ratio in Malta 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 | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.6 per 100 working-age people | 34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 26.5 per 100 working-age people | 33.9 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 27.1 per 100 working-age people | 33.4 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 27.6 per 100 working-age people | 33.1 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 27.0 per 100 working-age people | 32.6 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 26.3 per 100 working-age people | 32.0 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 26.9 per 100 working-age people | 31.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 27.4 per 100 working-age people | 30.8 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 27.6 per 100 working-age people | 30.2 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 27.1 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 | 26.0 per 100 working-age people | 28.4 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 25.0 per 100 working-age people | – |
| 2012 | 23.9 per 100 working-age people | 27.1 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 22.7 per 100 working-age people | 26.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 21.4 per 100 working-age people | 26.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 20.3 per 100 working-age people | 26.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 19.9 per 100 working-age people | 25.7 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 19.9 per 100 working-age people | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 19.9 per 100 working-age people | 25.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 19.3 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 19.0 per 100 working-age people | 24.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 18.7 per 100 working-age people | 24.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 18.5 per 100 working-age people | 23.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 18.1 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 +0.4% from 26.5 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 26.6 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by 0%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 33rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 34.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Malta
All statistics for Malta
Population aged 65 and over
18.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
40.0 years
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
574,250 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
574,250 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
7.3 per 1,000 people
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