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Germany: Age dependency ratio, old

37.98percent · 2025+18.6% 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 Germany from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202537.979
202436.88
202336.006
202235.297
202134.581
202033.924
201933.424
201833.006
201732.634
201632.248
201532.027
201431.822
201331.557
201231.283
201131.141
201031.284
200931.225
200830.799
200730.279
200629.408
200528.296
200427.27
200326.34
200225.588
200124.911
200024.248
199923.655
199823.198
199722.922
199622.752
199522.527
199422.231
199321.932
199221.748
199121.647
199021.532
198921.487
198821.476
198721.354
198621.145
198520.922
198420.887
198321.347
198222.14
198122.97
198023.651
197923.934
197823.909
197723.74
197623.529
197523.3
197422.959
197322.632
197222.343
197122.031
197021.626
196921.245
196820.953
196720.443
196619.82
196519.332
196418.885
196318.426
196218.018
196117.542
196017.066

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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