Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Bulgaria's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.3% compared to 2023, reaching 38.2.

Bulgaria accounts for 112.7% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Bulgaria ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.9% (from 35.4 in 2019).

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