Old-age dependency ratio in Montenegro
In 2025, Montenegro had 26.6 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 2000.
Montenegro, 2025
26.6
Change from 2024
+3.5%
European Union, 2025
34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
34th of 40
Old-age dependency ratio in Montenegro 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 | Montenegro | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.6 per 100 working-age people | 34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 25.7 per 100 working-age people | 33.9 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 24.9 per 100 working-age people | 33.4 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 24.2 per 100 working-age people | 33.1 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 24.0 per 100 working-age people | 32.6 per 100 working-age peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 23.5 per 100 working-age people | 32.0 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 22.7 per 100 working-age people | 31.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 22.0 per 100 working-age people | 30.8 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 21.4 per 100 working-age people | 30.2 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 20.8 per 100 working-age people | 29.6 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 20.2 per 100 working-age people | 29.0 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 19.6 per 100 working-age people | 28.4 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 19.2 per 100 working-age people | – |
| 2012 | 19.0 per 100 working-age people | 27.1 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 18.9 per 100 working-age people | 26.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 19.1 per 100 working-age people | 26.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 19.2 per 100 working-age people | 26.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 19.3 per 100 working-age people | 25.7 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 19.2 per 100 working-age people | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 19.1 per 100 working-age people | 25.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 18.7 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 18.2 per 100 working-age people | 24.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 18.3 per 100 working-age people | 24.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 18.3 per 100 working-age people | 23.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 18.2 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 +3.5% from 25.7 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.2 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +31.7%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Montenegro has the 34th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 34.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Montenegro
All statistics for Montenegro
Population aged 65 and over
17.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
40.4 years
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
623,327 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
623,327 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
11.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
10.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat