Bulgaria vs Germany: Old-age dependency ratio

Bulgaria

34.3%

in 2023

Germany

36.0%

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

18th

Germany rank

15th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Germany currently reports 36.0% against 34.3% in Bulgaria, a difference of 1.7%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 18th and Germany ranks 15th 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).