Indicator comparison
Range of Age dependency: 1960–2025. Range of Demographic dependency (GUS): 2002–2025.
Age-dependency: World Bank and GUS. Different ages, one country.
Dependency ratios from the World Bank Age dependency and GUS Demographic dependency (GUS) use slightly different working-age boundaries.
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Number of dependents per 100 people of working age from the World Bank. Polish national data can be found in Demographic dependency (GUS).
Demographic dependency ratio measuring people outside working age per 100 of working age from GUS.
Poland
These series use different units. To compare them fairly on a single chart, consider using year-on-year change (YoY) or index (base year = 100).
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Number of dependents per 100 people of working age from the World Bank. Polish national data can be found in Demographic dependency (GUS).
Age-dependency ratio, % of working-age population. World Bank.
Age dependency ratio: dependents (under 15 or over 64) per 100 working-age population (ages 15–64). See also: Demographic dependency (GUS).
If it splits from Demographic dependency (GUS), keep both. That is not “another Poland”.
Longseries, “Age dependency”. World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.DPND), 1960–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: 17c8fdf4b93999c396de1857bed66bef26769dcb3e2250fe75a53cad8dedf15e. https://longseries.com/en/d/age-dependency/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Japan; lowest — China
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxJapan | 2025 | 70.2%70.2%→0.0 pp |
| France | 2025 | 63.3%63.3%↑+0.3 pp |
| Sweden | 2025 | 60.3%60.3%↓−0.3 pp |
| Germany | 2025 | 60.2%60.2%↑+1.2 pp |
| Italy | 2025 | 58.1%58.1%↑+0.6 pp |
| United Kingdom | 2025 | 57.9%57.9%→0.0 pp |
| Czechia | 2025 | 56.9%56.9%↑+0.1 pp |
| Netherlands | 2025 | 55.8%55.8%↑+0.7 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
66 rows for Poland
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Poland
64.4→54.4
Poland: 64.4 (1960) → 54.4 (2025). Difference: −10.0 pp. Peak value of 64.9 in 1961; lowest value of 40.1 in 2010.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | 54.4% |
| 2024 | Poland | 53.7% |
| 2023 | Poland | 53% |
| 2022 | Poland | 52.3% |
| 2021 | Poland | 51.5% |
| 2020 | Poland | 50.5% |
| 2019 | Poland | 49.2% |
| 2018 | Poland | 47.8% |
| 2017 | Poland | 46.4% |
| 2016 | Poland | 45% |
| 2015 | Poland | 43.8% |
| 2014 | Poland | 42.8% |
| 2013 | Poland | 41.9% |
| 2012 | Poland | 41.2% |
| 2011 | Poland | 40.6% |
| 2010 | Poland | 40.1% |
| 2009 | Poland | 40.2% |
| 2008 | Poland | 40.7% |
| 2007 | Poland | 41.1% |
| 2006 | Poland | 41.7% |
Demographic dependency ratio measuring people outside working age per 100 of working age from GUS.
People of non-working age per 100 of working age. BDL 60563.
Working age is the GUS definition, not the World Bank’s 15–64. Do not average with ILO.
The dependency ratio rose from approximately 61 to 72 dependents per 100 people of working age, illustrating demographic ageing.
Longseries, “Demographic dependency (GUS)”. GUS / Statistics Poland (BDL) (60563), 2002–2025, Poland. Retrieved 2026-09-15. GUS reuse of public statistics. Data SHA-256: 2c04a6e4712b1bd4521d9c958e371f36e245f5fcae99c4301fc8ad6f14cfbb4d. https://longseries.com/en/d/gus-dependency/| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 2025 | 71.8/10071.8/100↑+0.1/100 (+0.1%) |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
Poland
24 rows for Poland
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Poland
60.7→71.8
Poland: 60.7 (2002) → 71.8 (2025). Difference: +11.1 per 100 people of working age. Peak value of 71.8 in 2025; lowest value of 55.0 in 2009.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | 71.8/100 |
| 2024 | Poland | 71.7/100 |
| 2023 | Poland | 71.2/100 |
| 2022 | Poland | 70.4/100 |
| 2021 | Poland | 69.3/100 |
| 2020 | Poland | 68.3/100 |
| 2019 | Poland | 66.7/100 |
| 2018 | Poland | 65.1/100 |
| 2017 | Poland | 63.4/100 |
| 2016 | Poland | 61.7/100 |
| 2015 | Poland | 60.1/100 |
| 2014 | Poland | 58.8/100 |
| 2013 | Poland | 57.6/100 |
| 2012 | Poland | 56.6/100 |
| 2011 | Poland | 55.8/100 |
| 2010 | Poland | 55.2/100 |
| 2009 | Poland | 55/100 |
| 2008 | Poland | 55.1/100 |
| 2007 | Poland | 55.3/100 |
| 2006 | Poland | 55.7/100 |