Old age dependency ratio rose 1.37% to 31.5% in Hungary in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, old age dependency ratio in Hungary reached an all time high of 31.5% in 2024 and an all time low of 11.6% in 1950. When compared to Hungary's main peers, old age dependency ratio in Austria amounted to 33.0%, 31.8% in Czechia, 31.7% in Poland and 26.9% in Slovakia in 2024.
Hungary has been ranked 24th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of old age dependency ratio, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Old Age Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Austria | % | 50.9% | 51.2% | 51.7% | 52.3% | 52.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 46.4% | 47.9% | 48.7% | 49.6% | 50.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 63.2% | 63.7% | 64.6% | 65.4% | 66.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 44.1% | 45.6% | 46.4% | 47.3% | 48.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 66.1% | 67.3% | 67.8% | 68.4% | 69.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 47.1% | 48.5% | 50.4% | 52.4% | 54.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 32.0% | 32.6% | 33.5% | 34.5% | 35.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 44.4% | 46.1% | 47.7% | 49.3% | 50.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 42.4% | 42.7% | 43.1% | 43.6% | 44.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 35.2% | 36.0% | 37.1% | 38.2% | 39.4% |
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