Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2021, Austria's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.0% compared to 2020, reaching 28.9.

Austria accounts for 88.7% of the EU-27 total of 32.6.

Austria ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.5% (from 27.4 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.