Old-age dependency in Ostschweiz

Name: Old-age dependency in Ostschweiz
Creator: Eurostat
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In Ostschweiz there were 31.9 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Old-age dependency ratio, by region People aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64 Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Ostschweiz, 2025 31.9 People aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64

Change from 2024 +1.9% 2024: 31.3 per 100

Switzerland, 2025 29.8 per 100 Country total

Position in 2025 195th of 294 See the full ranking

Old-age dependency in Ostschweiz over time

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People aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Old-age dependency ratio, by region (people aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period	Ostschweiz	Switzerland
2025	31.9 per 100	29.8 per 100
2024	31.3 per 100	29.4 per 100
2023	30.8 per 100	29.2 per 100
2022	30.3 per 100	28.9 per 100
2021	29.7 per 100	28.4 per 100
2020	29.2 per 100	28.1 per 100
2019	28.6 per 100	27.8 per 100
2018	28.0 per 100	27.4 per 100
2017	27.4 per 100	27.0 per 100
2016	26.8 per 100	26.7 per 100
2015	26.3 per 100	26.4 per 100
2014	25.8 per 100	26.1 per 100
2013	25.3 per 100	25.7 per 100
2012	24.8 per 100	25.3 per 100
2011	24.4 per 100	24.9 per 100b (break in time series)
2010	24.4 per 100	24.7 per 100
2009	24.0 per 100	24.3 per 100
2008	23.7 per 100	24.1 per 100
2007	23.5 per 100	23.8 per 100
2006	23.2 per 100	23.5 per 100
2005	23.0 per 100	23.3 per 100
2004	22.8 per 100	23.2 per 100
2003	22.7 per 100	23.1 per 100
2002	22.7 per 100	23.1 per 100
2001	22.5 per 100	22.9 per 100

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of +1.9% from 31.3 per 100 in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 26.3 per 100, the figure has changed by +21.3%.
Among the 294 regions with data for 2025, Ostschweiz has the 195th highest value.
The figure for Switzerland in 2025 was 29.8 per 100.