BE · 2019 · tps00198
Old-age-dependency ratio
Belgium, 2019
Old-age-dependency ratio
29.5
Belgium, 2019
▲ 1.4% vs 2018 (29.1)
Analysis
In 2019, Belgium's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.4% compared to 2018, reaching 29.5.
Belgium accounts for 93.9% of the EU-27 total of 31.4.
Belgium ranks 17th 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 7.7% (from 27.4 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
93.9%
EU-27: 31.4
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00198