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Bulgaria: Age dependency ratio

57.82percent · 2025+11.6% 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 Bulgaria from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202557.817
202457.492
202357.16
202256.83
202156.707
202056.54
201955.925
201854.971
201753.944
201652.907
201551.785
201450.558
201349.309
201248.166
201147.133
201046.208
200945.512
200845.037
200744.775
200644.739
200544.942
200445.366
200345.946
200246.546
200147.12
200047.618
199947.877
199848.12
199748.491
199648.894
199549.247
199449.574
199349.859
199250.091
199150.296
199050.348
198950.308
198850.211
198749.927
198649.552
198549.203
198449.119
198349.692
198250.623
198151.378
198051.483
197950.896
197850.667
197750.546
197650.062
197549.553
197448.978
197348.544
197248.3
197148.144
197047.987
196947.807
196847.651
196747.74
196648.01
196548.29
196448.767
196349.354
196249.831
196150.221
196050.454

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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