Old-age dependency ratio by country, 2025
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.
40 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Monaco (46.6 per 100 working-age people). Lowest: Azerbaijan (14.2 per 100 working-age people). The median is 32.2 per 100 working-age people.
Highest 10
- 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)
Lowest 10
- 40. Azerbaijan 14.2 per 100 working-age people
- 39. Türkiye 15.5 per 100 working-age people
- 38. Luxembourg 22.0 per 100 working-age people
- 37. Ireland 23.8 per 100 working-age people
- 36. Iceland 23.9 per 100 working-age people
- 35. Georgia 25.9 per 100 working-age people
- 34. Montenegro 26.6 per 100 working-age people
- 33. Malta 26.6 per 100 working-age people
- 32. Cyprus 27.4 per 100 working-age people
- 31. Slovakia 28.7 per 100 working-age people
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Source: Eurostat.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 46.6 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 2 | Italy | 39.0 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 38.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 38.6 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 5 | Finland | 38.1 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 6 | Greece | 37.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 7 | Croatia | 37.0 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 8 | Serbia | 36.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 9 | Germany | 35.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 10 | France | 35.5 per 100 working-age peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 11 | Slovenia | 34.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 12 | Latvia | 34.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 13 | Sweden | 33.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 14 | Albania | 33.3 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 15 | Estonia | 32.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 16 | Denmark | 32.8 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 17 | Poland | 32.7 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 2025 | |
| 18 | Czechia | 32.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 19 | Netherlands | 32.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 20 | Hungary | 32.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 21 | Lithuania | 32.1 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 22 | Belgium | 31.8 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 31.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 24 | Romania | 31.6 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) | 2025 | |
| 25 | Spain | 31.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 26 | Austria | 30.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 27 | Switzerland | 29.8 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 28 | Moldova | 29.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 29 | Norway | 29.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 28.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 31 | Slovakia | 28.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 32 | Cyprus | 27.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 33 | Malta | 26.6 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 34 | Montenegro | 26.6 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 35 | Georgia | 25.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 36 | Iceland | 23.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 37 | Ireland | 23.8 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 22.0 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 39 | Türkiye | 15.5 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 14.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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