Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Sweden's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 0.9% compared to 2023, reaching 33.1.

Sweden accounts for 97.6% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Sweden ranks 11th 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 3.8% (from 31.9 in 2019).

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