BG · 2025 · tps00198
Old-age-dependency ratio
Bulgaria, 2025
Old-age-dependency ratio
38.7
Bulgaria, 2025
▲ 1.3% vs 2024 (38.2)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.3% compared to 2024, reaching 38.7.
Bulgaria accounts for 112.2% of the EU-27 total of 34.5.
Bulgaria ranks 2nd 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 6.6% (from 36.3 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
112.2%
EU-27: 34.5
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00198