Age dependency ratio in Slovakia

In 2025, Slovakia had 52.9 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1992.

Measure: Age dependency ratio Unit: Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64 Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Slovakia, 2025 52.9 Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64
Change from 2024 +0.7per 100 working-age people 2024: 52.2 per 100 working-age people
European Union, 2025 57.9 per 100 working-age people Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 57.8 per 100 working-age people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 130th of 217 See the full ranking

Age dependency ratio in Slovakia 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.

Age dependency ratio (dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period SlovakiaEuropean Union
2025 52.9 per 100 working-age people 57.9 per 100 working-age people
2024 52.2 per 100 working-age people 57.4 per 100 working-age people
2023 51.4 per 100 working-age people 56.9 per 100 working-age people
2022 50.5 per 100 working-age people 56.5 per 100 working-age people
2021 49.5 per 100 working-age people 56.1 per 100 working-age people
2020 48.4 per 100 working-age people 55.6 per 100 working-age people
2019 47.2 per 100 working-age people 55.1 per 100 working-age people
2018 45.8 per 100 working-age people 54.5 per 100 working-age people
2017 44.4 per 100 working-age people 53.9 per 100 working-age people
2016 43.0 per 100 working-age people 53.2 per 100 working-age people
2015 41.8 per 100 working-age people 52.6 per 100 working-age people
2014 40.9 per 100 working-age people 52.0 per 100 working-age people
2013 40.1 per 100 working-age people 51.3 per 100 working-age people
2012 39.5 per 100 working-age people 50.6 per 100 working-age people
2011 39.0 per 100 working-age people 50.0 per 100 working-age people
2010 38.7 per 100 working-age people 49.6 per 100 working-age people
2009 38.5 per 100 working-age people 49.3 per 100 working-age people
2008 38.6 per 100 working-age people 49.0 per 100 working-age people
2007 39.0 per 100 working-age people 48.8 per 100 working-age people
2006 39.5 per 100 working-age people 48.7 per 100 working-age people
2005 40.1 per 100 working-age people 48.6 per 100 working-age people
2004 40.8 per 100 working-age people 48.5 per 100 working-age people
2003 41.6 per 100 working-age people 48.5 per 100 working-age people
2002 42.6 per 100 working-age people 48.5 per 100 working-age people
2001 43.7 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 +0.7 from 52.2 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 41.8 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +11.1.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Slovakia has the 130th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 57.9 per 100 working-age people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.DPND · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Slovakia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects