{"id":149347,"date":"2024-02-19T03:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=149347"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:47:50","slug":"spain-is-ageing-among-the-eu-countries-with-the-highest-increase-in-the-median-age-of-the-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/spain-is-ageing-among-the-eu-countries-with-the-highest-increase-in-the-median-age-of-the-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain is ageing: among the EU countries with the highest increase in the median age of the population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149353 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-shvets-production-8972292-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 1 January 2023, the\u00a0<a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:Median\">median<\/a>\u00a0age of the\u00a0<a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:European_Union_(EU)\">EU<\/a>\u2019s population reached 44.5 years. This means that half of the EU\u2019s population was older than 44.5 years, while the other half was younger. The median age of the EU\u2019s population has increased by 2.3 years since 2013, when it was 42.2 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This information comes from\u00a0<a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/population-demography\/demography-population-stock-balance\/database\">data on population structure and ageing<\/a>\u00a0published by Eurostat today. The article presents a number of findings from the more detailed\u00a0<a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Population_structure_and_ageing&amp;stable=1\">Statistics Explained article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 1 January 2023, across EU members, the median age ranged between 38.4 years in Cyprus and 48.4 years in Italy. Between 2013 and 2023, the median age increased in all EU members, except Malta and Sweden, where it decreased (-0.4 and -0.1 years, respectively), and Germany, where the median age remained unchanged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In five EU countries, the median age of the population increased by 4 years or more. The median age in Portugal rose by 4.4 years, the most among EU countries. Greece, Spain, Slovakia and Italy followed, registering 4.0 years increase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149349 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-median-age-2013-2023-1280x720.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"ecl-u-type-heading-3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Old age dependency ratio reached 33.4% in 2023<\/span><\/h6>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">EU\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:Old-age_dependency_ratio\">old-age dependency ratio<\/a>, defined as the ratio of the number of elderly people (aged 65 years and over) compared with the number of people of working age (15-64 years), stood at 33.4% on 1 January 2023. This indicator has increased by 5.7\u00a0<a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:Percentage_point\">percentage points<\/a>\u00a0(pp) since 1 January 2013 when it was at 27.7%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The highest ratios were registered in Portugal (38.0%), Italy and Finland (both 37.8%). The lowest ratios were in Luxembourg (21.5%), Ireland (23.2%) and Cyprus (24.7%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Compared with 2013, the largest increases in the ratios were in Poland (+10.4 pp), Bulgaria (+9.2 pp) and Croatia (+9.0 pp). The lowest in Luxembourg (+1.3 pp), Malta (+2.0 pp) and Austria (+2.8 pp).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149351 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1921\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023.jpg 1921w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/old-age-dependency-ratio-2023-1280x720.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1921px) 100vw, 1921px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/at-what-age-are-we-happiest-cordis-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/familia-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/at-what-age-are-we-happiest-cordis-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At what age are we happiest? CORDIS answers<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More information:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/w\/ddn-20240215-1\">Eurostat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 January 2023, the\u00a0median\u00a0age of the\u00a0EU\u2019s population reached 44.5 years. This means that half of the EU\u2019s population was older than 44.5 years, while the other half was younger. The median age of the EU\u2019s population has increased by 2.3 years since 2013, when it was 42.2 years. 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