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Belgium: Age dependency ratio

57.89percent · 2025+6.8% since 2015

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Annual figures for Belgium from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202557.89
202457.615
202357.322
202256.978
202156.58
202056.31
201956.056
201855.655
201755.177
201654.653
201554.219
201453.753
201353.16
201252.605
201152.042
201051.647
200951.494
200851.417
200751.563
200651.961
200552.333
200452.465
200352.483
200252.528
200152.549
200052.466
199952.292
199852.088
199751.822
199651.526
199551.219
199450.928
199350.668
199250.345
199149.908
199049.365
198948.873
198848.509
198748.276
198648.215
198548.287
198448.649
198349.551
198250.791
198152.003
198053.062
197953.895
197854.611
197755.28
197656.001
197556.79
197457.507
197358.088
197258.447
197158.624
197058.716
196958.751
196858.743
196758.614
196658.252
196557.792
196457.289
196356.859
196256.546
196156.121
196055.456

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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