Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Estonia's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 0.9% compared to 2023, reaching 32.2.

Estonia accounts for 95.0% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Estonia ranks 14th 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 3.9% (from 31.0 in 2019).

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