Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2021, Ireland's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 2.3% compared to 2020, reaching 22.5.

Ireland accounts for 69.0% of the EU-27 total of 32.6.

Ireland ranks 26th 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 11.4% (from 20.2 in 2016).

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