Old-age dependency ratio by country, 2025, European Union (27 countries)
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.
27 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Italy (39.0 per 100 working-age people). Lowest: Luxembourg (22.0 per 100 working-age people). The median is 32.7 per 100 working-age people.
Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group
Highest 10
- 1. Italy 39.0 per 100 working-age people
- 2. Bulgaria 38.7 per 100 working-age people
- 3. Portugal 38.6 per 100 working-age people
- 4. Finland 38.1 per 100 working-age people
- 5. Greece 37.4 per 100 working-age people
- 6. Croatia 37.0 per 100 working-age people
- 7. Germany 35.9 per 100 working-age people
- 8. France 35.5 per 100 working-age peoplep (provisional)
- 9. Slovenia 34.9 per 100 working-age people
- 10. Latvia 34.7 per 100 working-age people
Lowest 10
- 27. Luxembourg 22.0 per 100 working-age people
- 26. Ireland 23.8 per 100 working-age people
- 25. Malta 26.6 per 100 working-age people
- 24. Cyprus 27.4 per 100 working-age people
- 23. Slovakia 28.7 per 100 working-age people
- 22. Austria 30.9 per 100 working-age people
- 21. Spain 31.2 per 100 working-age people
- 20. Romania 31.6 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated)
- 19. Belgium 31.8 per 100 working-age people
- 18. Lithuania 32.1 per 100 working-age people
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Source: Eurostat.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 39.0 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 38.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 3 | Portugal | 38.6 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 4 | Finland | 38.1 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 5 | Greece | 37.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 6 | Croatia | 37.0 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 7 | Germany | 35.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 8 | France | 35.5 per 100 working-age peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 9 | Slovenia | 34.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 10 | Latvia | 34.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 11 | Sweden | 33.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 12 | Estonia | 32.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 13 | Denmark | 32.8 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 14 | Poland | 32.7 per 100 working-age peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 2025 | |
| 15 | Czechia | 32.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 16 | Netherlands | 32.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 17 | Hungary | 32.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 18 | Lithuania | 32.1 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 19 | Belgium | 31.8 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 20 | Romania | 31.6 per 100 working-age peoplee (estimated) | 2025 | |
| 21 | Spain | 31.2 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 22 | Austria | 30.9 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 23 | Slovakia | 28.7 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 24 | Cyprus | 27.4 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 25 | Malta | 26.6 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 26 | Ireland | 23.8 per 100 working-age people | 2025 | |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 22.0 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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