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Old-age pensions and the old-age ratio

How many older people there are relative to people of working age, and how many AHV old-age pensions are paid.

Old-age ratio: people aged 65+ per 100 people aged 20 to 64

Headline indicator

Official figure

Latest value (2025) 32.9

Old-age ratio: people aged 65+ per 100 people aged 20 to 64

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  • Old-age ratio: people aged 65+ per 100 people aged 20 to 64

Old-age ratio: people aged 65+ per 100 people aged 20 to 64 rose from 27.2 in 2010 to 32.9 in 2025.

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Data shown in the chart “Old-age ratio: people aged 65+ per 100 people aged 20 to 64”
YearOld-age ratio: people aged 65+ per 100 people aged 20 to 64
201027.2
201127.6
201228.0
201328.4
201428.7
201529.0
201629.3
201729.6
201830.0
201930.4
202030.7
202131.1
202231.5
202331.8
202432.3
202532.9

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Proposals of the left, the centre and the right, summarised by Votara editors from the parties' own documents and from parliamentary business. They are not Votara's opinion.

Left: SP and Greens · Centre: Die Mitte and GLP · Right: SVP and FDP. This grouping is an editorial choice by Votara. Source for the parties' left–right placement: Selects 2023 election study (FORS, in German)

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Related federal votes

No vote is assigned to this sub-problem itself; these are the votes on Poverty & cost of living.

Selection: votes that Swissvotes assigns to this topic's policy area (Swissvotes codebook), and votes linked by Votara editors.

No federal vote is linked to this topic yet.

Source: Année politique suisse, University of Bern — Swissvotes – database of federal popular votes (data 1848–2027, source checked on ) Checks failing