Old-age dependency in Severozapaden

Name: Old-age dependency in Severozapaden
Creator: Eurostat
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In Severozapaden there were 47.8 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

Severozapaden, 2025 47.8 People aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64

Change from 2024 +1.5% 2024: 47.1 per 100

Bulgaria, 2025 38.7 per 100 Country total

Position in 2025 5th of 294 See the full ranking

Old-age dependency in Severozapaden 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	Severozapaden	Bulgaria
2025	47.8 per 100	38.7 per 100
2024	47.1 per 100	38.2 per 100
2023	46.5 per 100	37.7 per 100
2022	46.3 per 100	37.5 per 100
2021	45.3 per 100	36.7 per 100
2020	45.0 per 100	36.3 per 100
2019	44.3 per 100	35.4 per 100
2018	43.4 per 100	34.3 per 100
2017	42.8 per 100	33.4 per 100
2016	41.9 per 100	32.4 per 100
2015	40.5 per 100	31.2 per 100
2014	39.3 per 100	30.1 per 100
2013	37.8 per 100	29.1 per 100
2012	36.3 per 100	27.8 per 100
2011	35.3 per 100	27.0 per 100
2010	34.6 per 100	26.5 per 100
2009	34.0 per 100	26.1 per 100
2008	33.6 per 100	25.8 per 100
2007	33.4 per 100	25.5 per 100
2006	33.4 per 100	25.3 per 100
2005	33.4 per 100	25.2 per 100
2004	33.2 per 100	25.1 per 100
2003	33.2 per 100	25.1 per 100
2002	33.2 per 100	25.0 per 100
2001	32.4 per 100	24.0 per 100

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In short

That is a change of +1.5% from 47.1 per 100 in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 40.5 per 100, the figure has changed by +18.0%.
Among the 294 regions with data for 2025, Severozapaden has the 5th highest value.
The figure for Bulgaria in 2025 was 38.7 per 100.