PT · 2025 · tps00198
Old-age-dependency ratio
Portugal, 2025
Old-age-dependency ratio
38.6
Portugal, 2025
▲ 1.0% vs 2024 (38.2)
Analysis
In 2025, Portugal's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.0% compared to 2024, reaching 38.6.
Portugal accounts for 111.9% of the EU-27 total of 34.5.
Portugal ranks 3rd 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 8.4% (from 35.6 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
111.9%
EU-27: 34.5
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00198