Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Poland's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 3.2% compared to 2023, reaching 31.8.

Poland accounts for 93.8% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Poland ranks 17th 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 20.5% (from 26.4 in 2019).

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