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Those over 65 years old already exceed 29% of the active population in Spain in 2018

Name: Those over 65 years old already exceed 29% of the active population in Spain in 2018
Uploaded: 2019-04-08T15:14:23+02:00
Description: Over the last few years, the proportion of people over 65 years of age relative to the working-age population has increased. The so-called old-age dependency ratio is an important indicator related to pensions, health, and social services for an increasingly larger population group.

Over the last few years, the proportion of people over 65 years of age relative to the working-age population has increased. The so-called old-age dependency ratio is an important indicator related to pensions, health, and social services for an increasingly larger population group.

Instituto de Estudios Económicos

09 april of 2019 at 22:03h

In the set of EU-28 countries, the dependency ratio has reached an average of 30.5% in 2018 compared to 25.5% in 2008. However, the figures vary considerably among the member states of the European Union, with countries like Italy, Finland, and Greece being close to 35% and others closing the ranking around 21%.

The country with the highest proportion of people over 65 years old is Italy with 35.2%, followed by Finland and Greece, both above 34%, while Portugal and Germany are already around 33%. Sweden and France are, along with Latvia, above 31%, while Croatia and Estonia also exceed the European average.

Seventeen EU countries remain below the average. In Spain, the proportion of elderly people, dependent on the working-age population, reached 29.2% in 2018. The figure has been increasing in recent years, as in 2008 we were still at 23.8%. Belgium and the Netherlands have a similar rate to Spain. The rates are already below 25% in Cyprus and Slovakia, with Ireland and Luxembourg being the two countries with the lowest figures in the EU-28.

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