Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Belgium's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.6% compared to 2023, reaching 31.3.

Belgium accounts for 92.3% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

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 6.1% (from 29.5 in 2019).

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