Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Bulgaria

Age dependency ratio in Bulgaria in 2025 — 57.8 per 100. Ranked 128 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 14.6%.

2025 57.8 per 100 +0.56% vs 2024
World rank 128of 217
Period maximum 57.8 per 1002025
Period minimum 44.7 per 1002006

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Bulgaria, 1960–2025404550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.5 per 1001962: 49.8 per 1001964: 48.8 per 1001966: 48 per 1001968: 47.7 per 1001970: 48 per 1001972: 48.3 per 1001974: 49 per 1001976: 50.1 per 1001978: 50.7 per 1001980: 51.5 per 1001982: 50.6 per 1001984: 49.1 per 1001986: 49.6 per 1001988: 50.2 per 1001990: 50.3 per 1001992: 50.1 per 1001994: 49.6 per 1001996: 48.9 per 1001998: 48.1 per 1002000: 47.6 per 1002002: 46.5 per 1002004: 45.4 per 1002006: 44.7 per 1002008: 45 per 1002010: 46.2 per 1002012: 48.2 per 1002014: 50.6 per 1002016: 52.9 per 1002018: 55 per 1002020: 56.5 per 1002022: 56.8 per 1002024: 57.5 per 1002025: 57.8 per 100
Change over the period: +7.4 (+14.59%) Average annual rate: 0.21 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Bulgaria 57.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Eastern Europe computed 53.3 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 57.8 +0.3 +0.56%
2024 57.5 +0.3 +0.58%
2023 57.2 +0.3 +0.58%
2022 56.8 +0.1 +0.22%
2021 56.7 +0.2 +0.29%
2020 56.5 +0.6 +1.1%
2019 55.9 +1 +1.73%
2018 55 +1 +1.91%
2017 53.9 +1 +1.96%
2016 52.9 +1.1 +2.17%
2015 51.8 +1.2 +2.43%
2014 50.6 +1.2 +2.53%
2013 49.3 +1.1 +2.37%
2012 48.2 +1 +2.19%
2011 47.1 +0.9 +2%
2010 46.2 +0.7 +1.53%
2009 45.5 +0.5 +1.05%
2008 45 +0.3 +0.59%
2007 44.8 +0 +0.08%
2006 44.7 −0.2 −0.45%
2005 44.9 −0.4 −0.93%
2004 45.4 −0.6 −1.26%
2003 45.9 −0.6 −1.29%
2002 46.5 −0.6 −1.22%
2001 47.1 −0.5 −1.05%
2000 47.6 −0.3 −0.54%
1999 47.9 −0.2 −0.5%
1998 48.1 −0.4 −0.76%
1997 48.5 −0.4 −0.82%
1996 48.9 −0.4 −0.72%
1995 49.2 −0.3 −0.66%
1994 49.6 −0.3 −0.57%
1993 49.9 −0.2 −0.46%
1992 50.1 −0.2 −0.41%
1991 50.3 −0.1 −0.1%
1990 50.3 +0 +0.08%
1989 50.3 +0.1 +0.19%
1988 50.2 +0.3 +0.57%
1987 49.9 +0.4 +0.76%
1986 49.6 +0.3 +0.71%
1985 49.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1984 49.1 −0.6 −1.15%
1983 49.7 −0.9 −1.84%
1982 50.6 −0.8 −1.47%
1981 51.4 −0.1 −0.21%
1980 51.5 +0.6 +1.15%
1979 50.9 +0.2 +0.45%
1978 50.7 +0.1 +0.24%
1977 50.5 +0.5 +0.97%
1976 50.1 +0.5 +1.03%
1975 49.6 +0.6 +1.18%
1974 49 +0.4 +0.89%
1973 48.5 +0.2 +0.51%
1972 48.3 +0.2 +0.32%
1971 48.1 +0.2 +0.33%
1970 48 +0.2 +0.38%
1969 47.8 +0.2 +0.33%
1968 47.7 −0.1 −0.19%
1967 47.7 −0.3 −0.56%
1966 48 −0.3 −0.58%
1965 48.3 −0.5 −0.98%
1964 48.8 −0.6 −1.19%
1963 49.4 −0.5 −0.96%
1962 49.8 −0.4 −0.78%
1961 50.2 −0.2 −0.46%
1960 50.5

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.