Old-age dependency ratio in United Kingdom
In 2019, United Kingdom had 28.9 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2025.
United Kingdom, 2019
28.9
Change from 2018
+1.0%
European Union, 2019
31.4 per 100 working-age people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
29.5 per 100 working-age people
Old-age dependency ratio in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | 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 | 28.9 per 100 working-age people | 31.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 28.6 per 100 working-age people | 30.8 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 28.2 per 100 working-age people | 30.2 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 27.8 per 100 working-age people | 29.6 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 27.5 per 100 working-age people | 29.0 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 27.0 per 100 working-age people | 28.4 per 100 working-age peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 26.4 per 100 working-age people | – |
| 2012 | 25.6 per 100 working-age people | 27.1 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 24.9 per 100 working-age people | 26.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 24.6 per 100 working-age people | 26.3 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 24.3 per 100 working-age people | 26.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 24.0 per 100 working-age people | 25.7 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 23.9 per 100 working-age people | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 24.0 per 100 working-age people | 25.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 24.2 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 24.2 per 100 working-age people | 24.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 24.2 per 100 working-age people | 24.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 24.3 per 100 working-age people | 23.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 24.3 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 +1.0% from 28.6 per 100 working-age people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 24.3 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +18.9%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 31.4 per 100 working-age people.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Population aged 65 and over
18.4%
2019 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
40.2 years
2019 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat