Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2021, Belgium's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.0% compared to 2020, reaching 30.2.

Belgium accounts for 92.6% of the EU-27 total of 32.6.

Belgium ranks 18th 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 7.1% (from 28.2 in 2016).

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