Fewer than two workers per elderly person in some regions by 2050

The number of people of a working age — those aged between 15 and 64 — compared to the number of elderly people at an age when they are generally economically inactive is continually decreasing across the EU.

There will be fewer than two working-age adults for each elderly person in the regions of the EU by 2050, with the bloc's older population increasing dramatically since the turn of the century.

According to Eurostat, the data analysis arm of the European Commission, the old-age dependency ratio in the EU has increased noticeably in the last 20 years.