Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Cyprus's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 2.7% compared to 2023, reaching 26.5.

Cyprus accounts for 78.2% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Cyprus ranks 25th 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 11.3% (from 23.8 in 2019).

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