Estonia vs Germany: Total dependency ratio

Estonia

58.4%

in 2023

Germany

58.0%

in 2023

Estonia rank

91st

Germany rank

92nd

Total dependency ratio over time

Estonia currently reports 58.4% against 58.0% in Germany, a difference of 0.4%.

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

Estonia ranks 91st and Germany ranks 92nd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total 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 children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).