Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Western Europe

Age dependency ratio in Western Europe in 2025 — 60.2 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.6%.

2025 60.2 per 100 +1.3% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 60.2 per 1002025
Period minimum 47 per 1001987

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Western Europe, 1960–2025455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 54.4 per 1001962: 55.7 per 1001964: 56.7 per 1001966: 57.7 per 1001968: 58.8 per 1001970: 59.1 per 1001972: 59.1 per 1001974: 58.4 per 1001976: 57.2 per 1001978: 55.6 per 1001980: 53.5 per 1001982: 50.5 per 1001984: 47.8 per 1001986: 47.1 per 1001988: 47.1 per 1001990: 47.6 per 1001992: 48.3 per 1001994: 48.8 per 1001996: 49.1 per 1001998: 49.3 per 1002000: 49.8 per 1002002: 50.2 per 1002004: 50.7 per 1002006: 51.3 per 1002008: 51.8 per 1002010: 52.3 per 1002012: 52.8 per 1002014: 53.8 per 1002016: 54.8 per 1002018: 55.9 per 1002020: 57 per 1002022: 58.2 per 1002024: 59.4 per 1002025: 60.2 per 100
Change over the period: +5.8 (+10.57%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Europe 60.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 60.2 +0.8 +1.3%
2024 59.4 +0.7 +1.12%
2023 58.7 +0.6 +0.96%
2022 58.2 +0.6 +1.03%
2021 57.6 +0.6 +1.03%
2020 57 +0.5 +0.97%
2019 56.5 +0.5 +0.96%
2018 55.9 +0.5 +0.98%
2017 55.4 +0.6 +1.05%
2016 54.8 +0.5 +0.91%
2015 54.3 +0.5 +0.95%
2014 53.8 +0.5 +0.95%
2013 53.3 +0.4 +0.84%
2012 52.8 +0.4 +0.8%
2011 52.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2010 52.3 +0.1 +0.26%
2009 52.1 +0.3 +0.59%
2008 51.8 +0.2 +0.46%
2007 51.6 +0.3 +0.5%
2006 51.3 +0.3 +0.63%
2005 51 +0.3 +0.68%
2004 50.7 +0.3 +0.56%
2003 50.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2002 50.2 +0.2 +0.33%
2001 50.1 +0.2 +0.5%
2000 49.8 +0.3 +0.63%
1999 49.5 +0.2 +0.45%
1998 49.3 +0.1 +0.24%
1997 49.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1996 49.1 +0.1 +0.22%
1995 49 +0.2 +0.4%
1994 48.8 +0.3 +0.55%
1993 48.5 +0.2 +0.51%
1992 48.3 +0.3 +0.56%
1991 48 +0.4 +0.8%
1990 47.6 +0.3 +0.67%
1989 47.3 +0.2 +0.39%
1988 47.1 +0.1 +0.13%
1987 47 −0.1 −0.16%
1986 47.1 −0.1 −0.31%
1985 47.3 −0.6 −1.15%
1984 47.8 −1.2 −2.4%
1983 49 −1.5 −2.92%
1982 50.5 −1.6 −3.02%
1981 52 −1.5 −2.81%
1980 53.5 −1.2 −2.14%
1979 54.7 −0.9 −1.67%
1978 55.6 −0.8 −1.41%
1977 56.4 −0.8 −1.34%
1976 57.2 −0.7 −1.22%
1975 57.9 −0.5 −0.84%
1974 58.4 −0.4 −0.71%
1973 58.8 −0.3 −0.53%
1972 59.1 −0.1 −0.18%
1971 59.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1970 59.1 +0.1 +0.22%
1969 59 +0.2 +0.3%
1968 58.8 +0.5 +0.84%
1967 58.3 +0.7 +1.15%
1966 57.7 +0.5 +0.93%
1965 57.2 +0.5 +0.88%
1964 56.7 +0.5 +0.97%
1963 56.1 +0.4 +0.74%
1962 55.7 +0.5 +0.85%
1961 55.2 +0.8 +1.48%
1960 54.4

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.