Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2021, Netherlands's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.7% compared to 2020, reaching 30.6.

Netherlands accounts for 93.9% of the EU-27 total of 32.6.

Netherlands ranks 16th 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 10.1% (from 27.8 in 2016).

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