Austria vs Spain: Old-age dependency ratio

Austria

30.7%

in 2023

Spain

31.2%

in 2023

Austria rank

35th

Spain rank

32nd

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Spain currently reports 31.2% against 30.7% in Austria, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 35th and Spain ranks 32nd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).