Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2021, Slovakia's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 4.1% compared to 2020, reaching 25.5.

Slovakia accounts for 78.2% of the EU-27 total of 32.6.

Slovakia 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 grown by 23.8% (from 20.6 in 2016).

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