Belgium vs Slovenia: Age dependency ratio
Belgium
57.9%
in 2025
Slovenia
58.0%
in 2025
Belgium rank
89th
Slovenia rank
86th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Belgium
- Slovenia
How they compare
Slovenia currently reports 58.0% against 57.9% in Belgium, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 89th and Slovenia ranks 86th of 218 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Slovenia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57.4% | 53.0% | 4.5% | Belgium |
| 1970s | 56.8% | 51.8% | 5.0% | Belgium |
| 1980s | 49.6% | 48.6% | 1.0% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 51.0% | 44.2% | 6.8% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 52.1% | 42.5% | 9.7% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 53.9% | 48.5% | 5.4% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 57.1% | 56.4% | 0.7% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Belgium or Slovenia?
- Slovenia, at 58.0% against 57.9% in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Belgium and Slovenia?
- 0.1%, with Slovenia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Slovenia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Slovenia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Belgium ranks 89th and Slovenia ranks 86th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% 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 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.