Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Romania

Age dependency ratio in Romania in 2025 — 55.5 per 100. Ranked 112 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.1%.

2025 55.5 per 100 −0.01% vs 2024
World rank 112of 217
Period maximum 60.2 per 1001981
Period minimum 44.7 per 1002006

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Romania, 1960–202540455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.8 per 1001962: 53.4 per 1001964: 52 per 1001966: 49.8 per 1001968: 50.3 per 1001970: 51 per 1001972: 51.3 per 1001974: 52.7 per 1001976: 55.1 per 1001978: 57.9 per 1001980: 59.8 per 1001982: 58.8 per 1001984: 53.5 per 1001986: 51.9 per 1001988: 51.8 per 1001990: 51.2 per 1001992: 49.8 per 1001994: 48.7 per 1001996: 47.8 per 1001998: 47.7 per 1002000: 47.3 per 1002002: 46.2 per 1002004: 45.1 per 1002006: 44.7 per 1002008: 45.2 per 1002010: 46.2 per 1002012: 47.1 per 1002014: 48 per 1002016: 49.9 per 1002018: 52 per 1002020: 54.1 per 1002022: 55.1 per 1002024: 55.5 per 1002025: 55.5 per 100
Change over the period: +1.7 (+3.14%) Average annual rate: 0.05 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Romania 55.5 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Eastern Europe computed 53.3 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 55.5 −0 −0.01%
2024 55.5 +0.2 +0.29%
2023 55.4 +0.2 +0.43%
2022 55.1 +0.3 +0.46%
2021 54.9 +0.7 +1.37%
2020 54.1 +1.1 +2.08%
2019 53 +1 +2.01%
2018 52 +1.1 +2.09%
2017 50.9 +1 +2.05%
2016 49.9 +0.9 +1.91%
2015 49 +0.9 +1.9%
2014 48 +0.6 +1.37%
2013 47.4 +0.3 +0.66%
2012 47.1 +0.4 +0.86%
2011 46.7 +0.5 +1.11%
2010 46.2 +0.5 +1.13%
2009 45.7 +0.5 +1.07%
2008 45.2 +0.3 +0.68%
2007 44.9 +0.2 +0.39%
2006 44.7 −0 −0.07%
2005 44.7 −0.3 −0.77%
2004 45.1 −0.5 −1.16%
2003 45.6 −0.6 −1.31%
2002 46.2 −0.6 −1.31%
2001 46.8 −0.5 −1.03%
2000 47.3 −0.3 −0.72%
1999 47.6 −0 −0.09%
1998 47.7 +0.1 +0.23%
1997 47.6 −0.2 −0.41%
1996 47.8 −0.4 −0.87%
1995 48.2 −0.5 −0.97%
1994 48.7 −0.5 −1.06%
1993 49.2 −0.6 −1.24%
1992 49.8 −0.7 −1.47%
1991 50.6 −0.7 −1.3%
1990 51.2 −0.4 −0.8%
1989 51.6 −0.1 −0.25%
1988 51.8 −0 −0.07%
1987 51.8 −0.1 −0.25%
1986 51.9 −0.5 −0.99%
1985 52.4 −1.1 −1.98%
1984 53.5 −2.2 −4.01%
1983 55.7 −3.1 −5.25%
1982 58.8 −1.4 −2.28%
1981 60.2 +0.4 +0.71%
1980 59.8 +0.8 +1.39%
1979 58.9 +1.1 +1.87%
1978 57.9 +1.3 +2.26%
1977 56.6 +1.5 +2.65%
1976 55.1 +1.3 +2.47%
1975 53.8 +1.1 +2.18%
1974 52.7 +0.9 +1.68%
1973 51.8 +0.5 +1.01%
1972 51.3 +0.2 +0.48%
1971 51 +0.1 +0.13%
1970 51 +0.2 +0.41%
1969 50.7 +0.5 +0.92%
1968 50.3 +0.6 +1.26%
1967 49.7 −0.2 −0.31%
1966 49.8 −1.1 −2.11%
1965 50.9 −1.1 −2.08%
1964 52 −0.9 −1.64%
1963 52.8 −0.6 −1.1%
1962 53.4 −0.3 −0.6%
1961 53.7 −0.1 −0.13%
1960 53.8

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.