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Old-age dependency ratio
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2026 29.7 (p) Provisional value .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2025 29.4 31.2 34.5 (e) Estimated value
2024 29.3 30.8 33.9 (e) Estimated value
2023 29.1 30.4 33.4 (b) Break in time series
2022 29.1 30.2 33.1 (e) Estimated value
2021 28.8 29.7 32.6 (b) Break in time series
2020 28.7 29.5 32.0 (e) Estimated value
2019 28.7 29.2 31.4
2018 28.6 29.0 30.8 (e) Estimated value
2017 28.3 28.6 30.2 (b) Break in time series
2016 28.1 28.2 29.6 (b) Break in time series
2015 27.7 27.8 29.0 (b) Break in time series
2014 27.1 27.2 28.4 (b) Break in time series
2013 26.1 26.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2012 25.4 25.7 27.1 (b) Break in time series
2011 24.8 25.2 26.6 (b) Break in time series
2010 24.2 24.6 26.3 (b) Break in time series
2009 23.8 24.1 26.0
2008 23.6 23.8 25.7 (b) Break in time series
2007 23.8 24.0 25.4
2006 24.1 24.2 25.1
2005 24.0 24.0 24.7
2004 24.7 24.4 24.4
2003 25.1 24.7 24.1
2002 25.3 24.8 23.8
2001 25.2 24.5 23.4 (b) Break in time series
2000 25.1 24.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Population aged 65 and over for every 100 people aged between 15 and 64.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 4, 2026.

EP

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Methodological note

The old-age dependency ratio is the quotient between the number of people aged 65 and over and the number of people aged between 15 and 64. It is one of the classic measurements of the structure by age and the ageing of the population.

The data for Catalonia have been calculated upon the basis of the information by age in the population Estimates produced by Idescat.

See also