Based on the current budgetary position and the projected increase in age-related costs, EU countries can be divided into three groups with regard to the risk to the sustainability of their public finances in the long term:
Võttes aluseks käesoleva eelarveseisundi ja elanikkonna vananemisest tuleneva prognoositava kulude suurenemise, võib avaliku sektori finantshalduse pikaajalise tasakaalustamise riski arvesse võttes jagada ELi riigid kolme rühma: