Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Portugal's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.1% compared to 2023, reaching 38.2.

Portugal accounts for 112.7% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Portugal ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.4% (from 34.6 in 2019).

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