BE · 2025 · tps00198
Old-age-dependency ratio
Belgium, 2025
Old-age-dependency ratio
31.8
Belgium, 2025
▲ 1.6% vs 2024 (31.3)
Analysis
In 2025, Belgium's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.6% compared to 2024, reaching 31.8.
Belgium accounts for 92.2% of the EU-27 total of 34.5.
Belgium ranks 19th 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 6.4% (from 29.9 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
92.2%
EU-27: 34.5
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00198