Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Malta's old-age-dependency ratio decreased by 2.2% compared to 2023, reaching 26.5.

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

Malta ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.5% (from 26.9 in 2019).

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