Age dependency ratio in Greece
Greece: Age dependency ratio was 59.4% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Age dependency ratio in Greece, 1960–2025
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in % of working-age population.
Analysis
In 2025, age dependency ratio in Greece stood at 59.4%. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, age dependency ratio in Greece peaked at 59.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 48.6%, in 1998.
Greece ranks 79th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.8% | 50.7% | 53.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 56.0% | 54.7% | 56.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.7% | 49.9% | 56.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.0% | 48.6% | 49.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.8% | 48.9% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.6% | 51.0% | 57.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.7% | 57.6% | 59.4% | 6 |
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More health data for Greece
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 51,040 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 3.26 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 42,002 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 41,702 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 54,432 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 51,848 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 53,668 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 56,264 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 50,690 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 54,894 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age dependency ratio in Greece?
- Age dependency ratio in Greece was 59.4% in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest age dependency ratio recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 59.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest age dependency ratio recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.6% in 1998.
- How does Greece rank for age dependency ratio?
- Greece ranks 79th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is age dependency ratio rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.