Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Europe & Central Asia

Age dependency ratio in Europe & Central Asia in 2025 — 55.7 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3.9%.

2025 55.7 per 100 +0.76% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 59.4 per 1001968
Period minimum 47.4 per 1002010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Europe & Central Asia, 1960–20254550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 57.9 per 1001962: 59 per 1001964: 59.2 per 1001966: 59.3 per 1001968: 59.4 per 1001970: 59 per 1001972: 58.6 per 1001974: 57.9 per 1001976: 57.2 per 1001978: 56.5 per 1001980: 55.8 per 1001982: 54.3 per 1001984: 53 per 1001986: 52.5 per 1001988: 52.4 per 1001990: 52.5 per 1001992: 52.5 per 1001994: 52.5 per 1001996: 52 per 1001998: 51 per 1002000: 49.8 per 1002002: 48.8 per 1002004: 48.3 per 1002006: 47.9 per 1002008: 47.5 per 1002010: 47.4 per 1002012: 48 per 1002014: 49.2 per 1002016: 50.7 per 1002018: 52.1 per 1002020: 53.4 per 1002022: 54.4 per 1002024: 55.3 per 1002025: 55.7 per 100
Change over the period: −2.3 (−3.91%) Average annual rate: -0.06 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 55.7 +0.4 +0.76%
2024 55.3 +0.4 +0.78%
2023 54.8 +0.5 +0.84%
2022 54.4 +0.5 +0.87%
2021 53.9 +0.5 +0.97%
2020 53.4 +0.6 +1.21%
2019 52.8 +0.7 +1.29%
2018 52.1 +0.7 +1.3%
2017 51.4 +0.7 +1.44%
2016 50.7 +0.7 +1.43%
2015 50 +0.7 +1.47%
2014 49.2 +0.7 +1.38%
2013 48.6 +0.6 +1.2%
2012 48 +0.5 +1%
2011 47.5 +0.2 +0.35%
2010 47.4 −0 −0.08%
2009 47.4 −0.1 −0.23%
2008 47.5 −0.2 −0.43%
2007 47.7 −0.2 −0.42%
2006 47.9 −0.2 −0.39%
2005 48.1 −0.2 −0.4%
2004 48.3 −0.2 −0.47%
2003 48.5 −0.3 −0.65%
2002 48.8 −0.4 −0.87%
2001 49.3 −0.5 −1.05%
2000 49.8 −0.6 −1.17%
1999 50.4 −0.7 −1.29%
1998 51 −0.6 −1.1%
1997 51.6 −0.4 −0.76%
1996 52 −0.3 −0.66%
1995 52.3 −0.2 −0.37%
1994 52.5 −0 −0.02%
1993 52.5 +0 +0.04%
1992 52.5 +0 +0.05%
1991 52.5 +0 +0.05%
1990 52.5 +0 +0.06%
1989 52.4 +0 +0.09%
1988 52.4 +0 +0.01%
1987 52.4 −0.1 −0.2%
1986 52.5 −0.2 −0.29%
1985 52.7 −0.3 −0.57%
1984 53 −0.6 −1.04%
1983 53.5 −0.8 −1.4%
1982 54.3 −0.8 −1.51%
1981 55.1 −0.7 −1.24%
1980 55.8 −0.4 −0.71%
1979 56.2 −0.3 −0.58%
1978 56.5 −0.4 −0.62%
1977 56.9 −0.3 −0.6%
1976 57.2 −0.4 −0.66%
1975 57.6 −0.3 −0.59%
1974 57.9 −0.3 −0.56%
1973 58.3 −0.3 −0.53%
1972 58.6 −0.2 −0.4%
1971 58.8 −0.2 −0.39%
1970 59 −0.2 −0.38%
1969 59.3 −0.1 −0.17%
1968 59.4 +0 +0.05%
1967 59.3 +0 +0.06%
1966 59.3 +0 +0.06%
1965 59.3 +0 +0.04%
1964 59.2 +0.1 +0.1%
1963 59.2 +0.1 +0.25%
1962 59 +0.3 +0.51%
1961 58.7 +0.8 +1.37%
1960 57.9

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.