IE · 2025 · tps00198
Old-age-dependency ratio
Ireland, 2025
Old-age-dependency ratio
23.8
Ireland, 2025
▲ 0.8% vs 2024 (23.6)
Analysis
In 2025, Ireland's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 0.8% compared to 2024, reaching 23.8.
Ireland accounts for 69.0% of the EU-27 total of 34.5.
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 8.2% (from 22.0 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
69.0%
EU-27: 34.5
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00198