Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Slovakia's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 3.3% compared to 2023, reaching 27.9.

Slovakia accounts for 82.3% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Slovakia ranks 23rd 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 18.7% (from 23.5 in 2019).

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