Old-age dependency ratio
People aged 65 or over per 100 people aged 15 to 64 on 1 January. It describes age structure only; it does not measure who works or receives a pension.
Highest in 2025
46.6 per 100 working-age people
Monaco
Lowest in 2025
14.2 per 100 working-age people
Azerbaijan
European Union, 2025
34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional)
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Countries ranked for 2025
40
Updated by the source on 25 September 2026
40 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
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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 | Germany | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.9 per 100 working-age people | 32.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 35.2 per 100 working-age people | 31.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 34.9 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) | 30.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 34.7 per 100 working-age people | 30.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 34.2 per 100 working-age people | 30.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 33.7 per 100 working-age people | 29.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 33.2 per 100 working-age people | 29.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 32.8 per 100 working-age people | 29.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 32.4 per 100 working-age people | 28.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 32.0 per 100 working-age people | 28.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 32.0 per 100 working-age people | 27.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 31.6 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) | 27.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 31.5 per 100 working-age people | 27.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 31.4 per 100 working-age people | 26.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 31.4 per 100 working-age peopleb (break in time series) | 26.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 31.4 per 100 working-age people | 25.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 30.9 per 100 working-age people | 25.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 30.4 per 100 working-age people | 25.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 29.9 per 100 working-age people | 24.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 28.9 per 100 working-age people | 24.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 27.8 per 100 working-age people | 23.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 26.8 per 100 working-age people | 23.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 25.9 per 100 working-age people | 22.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 25.2 per 100 working-age people | 21.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 24.5 per 100 working-age people | 20.9 per 100 working-age people |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 40 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Monaco (46.6 per 100 working-age people) and the lowest Azerbaijan (14.2 per 100 working-age people).
- Half of the countries are above 32.2 per 100 working-age people and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 39 countries and fell in 0.
- The figure for the European Union was 34.5 per 100 working-age people in 2025, against 32.0 per 100 working-age people in 2020 (+7.8%). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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- 1 Monaco 46.6 per 100 working-age people
- 2 Italy 39.0 per 100 working-age people
- 3 Bulgaria 38.7 per 100 working-age people
- 4 Portugal 38.6 per 100 working-age people
- 5 Finland 38.1 per 100 working-age people
- 6 Greece 37.4 per 100 working-age people
- 7 Croatia 37.0 per 100 working-age people
- 8 Serbia 36.2 per 100 working-age people
- 9 Germany 35.9 per 100 working-age people
- 10 France 35.5 per 100 working-age peoplep (provisional)
- 11 Slovenia 34.9 per 100 working-age people
- 12 Latvia 34.7 per 100 working-age people
- 13 Sweden 33.4 per 100 working-age people
- 14 Albania 33.3 per 100 working-age people
- 15 Estonia 32.9 per 100 working-age people
- 16 Denmark 32.8 per 100 working-age people
- 17 Poland 32.7 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional)
- 18 Czechia 32.4 per 100 working-age people
- 19 Netherlands 32.4 per 100 working-age people
- 20 Hungary 32.2 per 100 working-age people
- 21 Lithuania 32.1 per 100 working-age people
- 22 Belgium 31.8 per 100 working-age people
- 23 Liechtenstein 31.7 per 100 working-age people
- 24 Romania 31.6 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated)
- 25 Spain 31.2 per 100 working-age people
- 26 Austria 30.9 per 100 working-age people
- 27 Switzerland 29.8 per 100 working-age people
- 28 Moldova 29.2 per 100 working-age people
- 29 Norway 29.2 per 100 working-age people
- 30 North Macedonia 28.7 per 100 working-age people
- 31 Slovakia 28.7 per 100 working-age people
- 32 Cyprus 27.4 per 100 working-age people
- 33 Malta 26.6 per 100 working-age people
- 34 Montenegro 26.6 per 100 working-age people
- 35 Georgia 25.9 per 100 working-age people
- 36 Iceland 23.9 per 100 working-age people
- 37 Ireland 23.8 per 100 working-age people
- 38 Luxembourg 22.0 per 100 working-age people
- 39 Türkiye 15.5 per 100 working-age people
- 40 Azerbaijan 14.2 per 100 working-age people
- European Union 34.5 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional)
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