Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Spain's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.3% compared to 2023, reaching 30.8.

Spain accounts for 90.9% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Spain ranks 21st 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 5.5% (from 29.2 in 2019).

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