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Age dependency ratio — Southern Europe

Age dependency ratio in Southern Europe in 2025 — 56.1 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.5%.

2025 56.1 per 100 +0.97% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 58.1 per 1001974
Period minimum 47.2 per 1001996

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Southern Europe, 1960–20254550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.3 per 1001962: 55.6 per 1001964: 55.5 per 1001966: 56.3 per 1001968: 56.9 per 1001970: 57.6 per 1001972: 58 per 1001974: 58.1 per 1001976: 57.9 per 1001978: 57.4 per 1001980: 56.1 per 1001982: 54 per 1001984: 51.7 per 1001986: 50.3 per 1001988: 49.3 per 1001990: 48.3 per 1001992: 47.4 per 1001994: 47.5 per 1001996: 47.2 per 1001998: 47.4 per 1002000: 47.9 per 1002002: 48.4 per 1002004: 48.5 per 1002006: 48.8 per 1002008: 48.9 per 1002010: 49.7 per 1002012: 50.8 per 1002014: 52.2 per 1002016: 53.2 per 1002018: 53.9 per 1002020: 54.4 per 1002022: 54.9 per 1002024: 55.6 per 1002025: 56.1 per 100
Change over the period: +0.8 (+1.52%) Average annual rate: 0.02 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Europe 56.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 56.1 +0.5 +0.97%
2024 55.6 +0.4 +0.77%
2023 55.2 +0.3 +0.5%
2022 54.9 +0.3 +0.47%
2021 54.6 +0.2 +0.44%
2020 54.4 +0.2 +0.41%
2019 54.2 +0.3 +0.54%
2018 53.9 +0.3 +0.6%
2017 53.6 +0.4 +0.71%
2016 53.2 +0.4 +0.8%
2015 52.8 +0.6 +1.07%
2014 52.2 +0.7 +1.39%
2013 51.5 +0.7 +1.39%
2012 50.8 +0.6 +1.2%
2011 50.2 +0.5 +1%
2010 49.7 +0.4 +0.84%
2009 49.3 +0.3 +0.66%
2008 48.9 +0.1 +0.2%
2007 48.8 +0 +0.09%
2006 48.8 +0.2 +0.41%
2005 48.6 +0.2 +0.31%
2004 48.5 +0 +0.04%
2003 48.4 +0.1 +0.16%
2002 48.4 +0.2 +0.48%
2001 48.1 +0.3 +0.54%
2000 47.9 +0.2 +0.5%
1999 47.6 +0.2 +0.51%
1998 47.4 +0.2 +0.35%
1997 47.2 +0.1 +0.12%
1996 47.2 −0.3 −0.58%
1995 47.4 −0.1 −0.11%
1994 47.5 +0.2 +0.41%
1993 47.3 −0 −0.1%
1992 47.4 −0.4 −0.78%
1991 47.7 −0.6 −1.22%
1990 48.3 −0.5 −0.97%
1989 48.8 −0.5 −0.96%
1988 49.3 −0.5 −0.96%
1987 49.7 −0.6 −1.1%
1986 50.3 −0.6 −1.16%
1985 50.9 −0.8 −1.5%
1984 51.7 −1.1 −2.12%
1983 52.8 −1.2 −2.21%
1982 54 −1.2 −2.09%
1981 55.1 −1 −1.78%
1980 56.1 −0.8 −1.37%
1979 56.9 −0.5 −0.94%
1978 57.4 −0.3 −0.53%
1977 57.7 −0.2 −0.29%
1976 57.9 −0.1 −0.18%
1975 58 −0.1 −0.12%
1974 58.1 +0 +0.02%
1973 58.1 +0.1 +0.17%
1972 58 +0.1 +0.24%
1971 57.8 +0.2 +0.43%
1970 57.6 +0.3 +0.57%
1969 57.3 +0.3 +0.56%
1968 56.9 +0.3 +0.58%
1967 56.6 +0.3 +0.62%
1966 56.3 +0.4 +0.79%
1965 55.8 +0.3 +0.61%
1964 55.5 +0 +0.02%
1963 55.5 −0.1 −0.19%
1962 55.6 +0 +0.09%
1961 55.5 +0.2 +0.43%
1960 55.3 — —

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.

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