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Bulgaria: Age dependency ratio, old

35.09percent · 2025+14.4% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
202535.091
202434.696
202334.312
202234.028
202134.01
202033.948
201933.492
201832.809
201732.128
201631.462
201530.675
201429.774
201328.898
201228.076
201127.248
201026.533
200926.061
200825.712
200725.441
200625.257
200525.129
200425.041
200324.986
200224.904
200124.719
200024.48
199924.106
199823.657
199723.26
199622.916
199522.546
199422.128
199321.682
199221.13
199120.494
199019.807
198919.09
198818.508
198718.023
198617.497
198516.953
198416.588
198316.743
198217.322
198117.89
198017.942
197917.475
197817.244
197717.072
197616.669
197516.267
197415.849
197315.465
197215.072
197114.656
197014.212
196913.809
196813.438
196713.102
196612.81
196512.396
196412.056
196311.873
196211.706
196111.482
196011.211

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

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