Key facts
2020: Policy briefing on intercultural care and support
- Estimated increase from 7 to 15 million people over 60 in the EU (2010 to 2015).3
- Minority ethnic groups account for 9% of the population of Europe.6
- Predicted to rise dramatically within the next few decades.
- Sevenfold increase in the prevalence of dementia amongst people from minority ethnic groups in the next 40 years, compared to a two-fold increase amongst the general population.1,7
- The impairments experienced by people with dementia may result in disability as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).9, 10
- Estimated 476,500 people over 64 with a migration background and dementia in 2017 in the EU and the EFTA countries.4
- In 2019, with over 13 million migrants, Germany had the largest foreign-born population of any country in Europe.12
- 23 out of 35 EU and EFTA countries have a national dementia strategy of which 13 do not refer to migration.8
- The total cost of dementia care in Europe was EUR 103.3 billion in 2008, of which one third was for informal care.13
Last Updated: Monday 21 September 2020