Austria vs Belgium: Age dependency ratio, old
Austria
32.6%
in 2025
Belgium
33.1%
in 2025
Austria rank
30th
Belgium rank
27th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 33.1% against 32.6% in Austria, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belgium ahead.
Austria ranks 30th and Belgium ranks 27th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Belgium in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.6% | 19.9% | 0.7% | Austria |
| 1970s | 23.7% | 21.8% | 1.9% | Austria |
| 1980s | 22.0% | 21.1% | 0.8% | Austria |
| 1990s | 22.5% | 23.9% | 1.4% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 24.0% | 25.9% | 2.0% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 27.3% | 27.8% | 0.5% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 30.5% | 31.5% | 0.9% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Austria or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 33.1% against 32.6% in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Austria and Belgium?
- 0.5%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Austria ranks 30th and Belgium ranks 27th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.