Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Belgium

Age dependency ratio in Belgium in 2025 — 57.9 per 100. Ranked 129 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.4%.

2025 57.9 per 100 +0.48% vs 2024
World rank 129of 217
Period maximum 58.8 per 1001969
Period minimum 48.2 per 1001986

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Belgium, 1960–20254550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.5 per 1001962: 56.5 per 1001964: 57.3 per 1001966: 58.3 per 1001968: 58.7 per 1001970: 58.7 per 1001972: 58.4 per 1001974: 57.5 per 1001976: 56 per 1001978: 54.6 per 1001980: 53.1 per 1001982: 50.8 per 1001984: 48.6 per 1001986: 48.2 per 1001988: 48.5 per 1001990: 49.4 per 1001992: 50.3 per 1001994: 50.9 per 1001996: 51.5 per 1001998: 52.1 per 1002000: 52.5 per 1002002: 52.5 per 1002004: 52.5 per 1002006: 52 per 1002008: 51.4 per 1002010: 51.6 per 1002012: 52.6 per 1002014: 53.8 per 1002016: 54.7 per 1002018: 55.7 per 1002020: 56.3 per 1002022: 57 per 1002024: 57.6 per 1002025: 57.9 per 100
Change over the period: +2.4 (+4.39%) Average annual rate: 0.07 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 57.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Western Europe computed 60.2 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 57.9 +0.3 +0.48%
2024 57.6 +0.3 +0.51%
2023 57.3 +0.3 +0.6%
2022 57 +0.4 +0.7%
2021 56.6 +0.3 +0.48%
2020 56.3 +0.3 +0.45%
2019 56.1 +0.4 +0.72%
2018 55.7 +0.5 +0.87%
2017 55.2 +0.5 +0.96%
2016 54.7 +0.4 +0.8%
2015 54.2 +0.5 +0.87%
2014 53.8 +0.6 +1.11%
2013 53.2 +0.6 +1.06%
2012 52.6 +0.6 +1.08%
2011 52 +0.4 +0.76%
2010 51.6 +0.2 +0.3%
2009 51.5 +0.1 +0.15%
2008 51.4 −0.1 −0.28%
2007 51.6 −0.4 −0.77%
2006 52 −0.4 −0.71%
2005 52.3 −0.1 −0.25%
2004 52.5 −0 −0.04%
2003 52.5 −0 −0.09%
2002 52.5 −0 −0.04%
2001 52.5 +0.1 +0.16%
2000 52.5 +0.2 +0.33%
1999 52.3 +0.2 +0.39%
1998 52.1 +0.3 +0.51%
1997 51.8 +0.3 +0.57%
1996 51.5 +0.3 +0.6%
1995 51.2 +0.3 +0.57%
1994 50.9 +0.3 +0.51%
1993 50.7 +0.3 +0.64%
1992 50.3 +0.4 +0.88%
1991 49.9 +0.5 +1.1%
1990 49.4 +0.5 +1.01%
1989 48.9 +0.4 +0.75%
1988 48.5 +0.2 +0.48%
1987 48.3 +0.1 +0.13%
1986 48.2 −0.1 −0.15%
1985 48.3 −0.4 −0.74%
1984 48.6 −0.9 −1.82%
1983 49.6 −1.2 −2.44%
1982 50.8 −1.2 −2.33%
1981 52 −1.1 −2%
1980 53.1 −0.8 −1.55%
1979 53.9 −0.7 −1.31%
1978 54.6 −0.7 −1.21%
1977 55.3 −0.7 −1.29%
1976 56 −0.8 −1.39%
1975 56.8 −0.7 −1.25%
1974 57.5 −0.6 −1%
1973 58.1 −0.4 −0.61%
1972 58.4 −0.2 −0.3%
1971 58.6 −0.1 −0.16%
1970 58.7 −0 −0.06%
1969 58.8 +0 +0.01%
1968 58.7 +0.1 +0.22%
1967 58.6 +0.4 +0.62%
1966 58.3 +0.5 +0.8%
1965 57.8 +0.5 +0.88%
1964 57.3 +0.4 +0.76%
1963 56.9 +0.3 +0.55%
1962 56.5 +0.4 +0.76%
1961 56.1 +0.7 +1.2%
1960 55.5

Western Europe, 2025

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About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.