Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Germany's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 0.9% compared to 2023, reaching 35.2.

Germany accounts for 103.8% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Germany ranks 7th 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 6.0% (from 33.2 in 2019).

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