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EU regions (NUTS 2) by age dependency ratio (ages 15 to 64 base)

Mayotte had the highest age dependency ratio (ages 15 to 64 base) of 242 regions in 2015, at 86.7%. Západné Slovensko had the lowest, at 39.9%. The median was 52.5% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 52.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest86.7Mayotte
Lowest39.9Západné Slovensko
Median52.5242 regions
European Union (27)52.3History

Top 40 regions, 2015

CSVChart (SVG)

MayotteMayotte: 86.7 %86.7LimousinLimousin: 66.7 %66.7LiguriaLiguria: 65.9 %65.9Poitou-CharentesPoitou-Charentes: 65.5 %65.5Mellersta NorrlandMellersta Norrland: 64.8 %64.8BourgogneBourgogne: 64.4 %64.4Norra MellansverigeNorra Mellansverige: 64.4 %64.4Basse-NormandieBasse-Normandie: 63.7 %63.7Centre - Val de LoireCentre - Val de Loire: 63.6 %63.6Languedoc-RoussillonLanguedoc-Roussillon: 63.5 %63.5Småland med öarnaSmåland med öarna: 63.2 %63.2SeverozapadenSeverozapaden: 63.1 %63.1AuvergneAuvergne: 63 %63BretagneBretagne: 62.8 %62.8ChemnitzChemnitz: 62.8 %62.8Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 62.8 %62.8AlentejoAlentejo: 62.5 %62.5GuyaneGuyane: 62.5 %62.5Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 62 %62IpeirosIpeiros: 61.9 %61.9Franche-ComtéFranche-Comté: 60.9 %60.9Pohjois- ja Itä-SuomiPohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: 60.9 %60.9ZeelandZeeland: 60.9 %60.9AquitaineAquitaine: 60.8 %60.8Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 60.8 %60.8SjællandSjælland: 60.7 %60.7UmbriaUmbria: 60.6 %60.6Voreio AigaioVoreio Aigaio: 60.6 %60.6ToscanaToscana: 60.5 %60.5Etelä-SuomiEtelä-Suomi: 60.4 %60.4Länsi-SuomiLänsi-Suomi: 60.4 %60.4ThessaliaThessalia: 60.4 %60.4PeloponnisosPeloponnisos: 60.3 %60.3DrentheDrenthe: 60.2 %60.2DresdenDresden: 60.2 %60.2Midi-PyrénéesMidi-Pyrénées: 60 %60Östra MellansverigeÖstra Mellansverige: 60 %60PiemontePiemonte: 60 %60CorseCorse: 59.8 %59.8Sterea ElládaSterea Elláda: 59.6 %59.6
%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankRegions2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Mayotte86.7-1.1 pts
2Limousin66.7+1.2 pts
3Liguria65.9+0.8 pts
4Poitou-Charentes65.5+1.2 pts
5Mellersta Norrland64.8+1 pts
6Bourgogne64.4+1.4 pts
6Norra Mellansverige64.4+1.5 pts
8Basse-Normandie63.7+1.3 pts
9Centre - Val de Loire63.6+1.2 pts
10Languedoc-Roussillon63.5+1.2 pts
11Småland med öarna63.2+1.4 pts
12Severozapaden63.1+1.3 pts
13Auvergne63+1.2 pts
14Bretagne62.8+1.1 pts
14Chemnitz62.8+1.5 pts
14Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur62.8+0.9 pts
17Alentejo62.5+0.3 pts
17Guyane62.5-0.9 pts
19Pays de la Loire62+1 pts
20Ipeiros61.9+0.9 pts
21Franche-Comté60.9+1.2 pts
21Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi60.9+1.5 pts
21Zeeland60.9+0.9 pts
24Aquitaine60.8+1 pts
24Friuli-Venezia Giulia60.8+0.9 pts
26Sjælland60.7+0.4 pts
27Umbria60.6+0.9 pts
27Voreio Aigaio60.6+0.7 pts
29Toscana60.5+0.7 pts
30Etelä-Suomi60.4+1.5 pts
30Länsi-Suomi60.4+1.4 pts
30Thessalia60.4+0.5 pts
33Peloponnisos60.3+0.5 pts
34Drenthe60.2+0.7 pts
34Dresden60.2+0.9 pts
36Midi-Pyrénées60+0.8 pts
36Östra Mellansverige60+1.2 pts
36Piemonte60+0.8 pts
39Corse59.8+1.6 pts
40Sterea Elláda59.6+0.4 pts
41Champagne-Ardenne59.5+1.3 pts
41Övre Norrland59.5+1.1 pts
43Oeste e Vale do Tejo59.1+0.5 pts
43Sydsverige59.1+1 pts
45Emilia-Romagna59+0.6 pts
46Prov. West-Vlaanderen58.9+0.8 pts
47Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki58.8+0.4 pts
47Haute-Normandie58.8+1.3 pts
47Marche58.8+0.6 pts
50Rhône-Alpes58.3+0.9 pts
50Syddanmark58.3+0.3 pts
52Centro (PT)58.1+0.8 pts
53Västsverige58+1 pts
54Åland57.8+1.2 pts
54Friesland (NL)57.8+0.7 pts
56Dytiki Makedonia57.7+0.1 pts
56Picardie57.7+1.1 pts
58Guadeloupe57.6+0.5 pts
59Ionia Nisia57.4+0.7 pts
59Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste57.4+1 pts
61Sachsen-Anhalt57.2+1 pts
62Nordjylland57.1+0.5 pts
63Castile and León56.7+0.8 pts
63Martinique56.7+0.8 pts
63Northern and Western56.7+0.8 pts
66Lorraine56.3+1.1 pts
66Nord-Pas de Calais56.3+1 pts
68Dytiki Elláda56.2+0.5 pts
68Thüringen56.2+1.3 pts
70Galicia56.1+1.1 pts
70Lombardia56.1+0.6 pts
72Península de Setúbal55.9+0.6 pts
73Provincia Autonoma di Trento55.8+0.5 pts
73Severen tsentralen55.8+1.4 pts
75Yugoiztochen55.7+1.3 pts
76Veneto55.6+0.6 pts
77Overijssel55.5+0.4 pts
77Schleswig-Holstein55.5+0.2 pts
79Grande Lisboa55.4+0.4 pts
79Prov. Vlaams-Brabant55.4+0.7 pts
81Lüneburg55.3+0.4 pts
82Algarve55.2+0.4 pts
83Abruzzo55.1+0.7 pts
83Kentriki Makedonia55.1+0.3 pts
85Basque Country54.7+1.1 pts
85Brandenburg54.7+0.8 pts
85Gelderland54.7+0.6 pts
85Midtjylland54.7+0.5 pts
85Prov. Antwerpen54.7+0.6 pts
90Kriti54.6+0.5 pts
90Leipzig54.6+0.4 pts
90Molise54.6+0.7 pts
90Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen54.6+0.6 pts
94Prov. Brabant wallon54.4+0.5 pts
95Prov. Hainaut54.3+0.6 pts
96Aragon54.1+0.7 pts
96Hannover54.1+0.3 pts
98Asturias54+1.2 pts
98Kassel54+0.5 pts
98Limburg (NL)54+1 pts
98Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen54+0.2 pts
98Southern54+0.7 pts
103Braunschweig53.7+0.2 pts
104Alsace53.6+0.8 pts
104Prov. Liège53.6+0.6 pts
104Prov. Luxembourg (BE)53.6+0.4 pts
107Mecklenburg-Vorpommern53.5+1 pts
108La Rioja53.4+0.8 pts
109Lazio53.3+0.5 pts
110Navarre53.2+0.8 pts
110Nord-Est53.2+0.7 pts
110Prov. Namur53.2+0.6 pts
113Eesti Series break53.1+1.2 pts
114Noord-Brabant53+0.7 pts
114Puglia53+0.7 pts
116Koblenz52.9+0.5 pts
117Düsseldorf52.8+0.3 pts
118Detmold52.6+0.2 pts
118Sicilia52.6+0.4 pts
120Jadranska Hrvatska52.5+1.2 pts
120Yuzhen tsentralen52.5+1.1 pts
122Arnsberg52.4+0.4 pts
122Basilicata52.4+0.6 pts
122Latvija52.4+1.4 pts
125Stockholm52.3+0.6 pts
126Catalonia51.9+0.7 pts
126Saarland51.9+0.9 pts
128La Réunion51.8+0.4 pts
129Calabria51.7+0.6 pts
129Weser-Ems51.7+0.2 pts
131Kärnten51.6+0.5 pts
131Oberfranken51.6+0.3 pts
133Niederösterreich51.5+0.4 pts
133Severoiztochen51.5+1.3 pts
135Bremen51.4+0.3 pts
135Prov. Limburg (BE)51.4+1 pts
137Cantabria51.3+1 pts
137Extremadura51.3+0.1 pts
137Freiburg51.3+0.2 pts
137Ile-de-France51.3+0.8 pts
137Schwaben51.30 pts
142Burgenland51+0.9 pts
142Castilla-La Mancha51+0.3 pts
142Sud-Muntenia51+1 pts
145Valencian Community50.8+0.7 pts
146Hovedstaden50.7+0.1 pts
146Notio Aigaio50.7+0.7 pts
146Sardegna50.7+0.9 pts
146Stuttgart50.70 pts
150Panonska Hrvatska50.6+0.5 pts
150Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas50.6+0.2 pts
152Darmstadt50.5+0.5 pts
152Severovýchod50.5+1.6 pts
154Mittelfranken50.4+0.3 pts
154Münster50.4+0.3 pts
154Střední Čechy50.4+1.7 pts
157Melilla50.3+0.6 pts
157Rheinhessen-Pfalz50.3+0.6 pts
159Tübingen50.20 pts
159Unterfranken50.2+0.6 pts
161Köln50+0.3 pts
161Noord-Holland50+0.4 pts
163Grad Zagreb49.8+1 pts
163Karlsruhe49.8+0.3 pts
165Jihozápad49.7+1.5 pts
165Oberbayern49.7+0.2 pts
167Eastern and Midland49.6+0.4 pts
167Gießen49.6+0.2 pts
167Jihovýchod49.6+1.4 pts
167Sud-Est49.6+1.3 pts
171Campania49.4+0.2 pts
171Sud-Vest Oltenia49.4+0.6 pts
173Střední Morava49.3+1.5 pts
174Helsinki-Uusimaa49.2+0.9 pts
174Zahodna Slovenija49.2+1.3 pts
176Attiki49.1+0.8 pts
176Észak-Magyarország49.1+0.8 pts
176Groningen49.1+0.4 pts
176Niederbayern49.1+0.1 pts
176Trier49.1+0.4 pts
181Steiermark49+0.3 pts
182Oberösterreich48.9+0.3 pts
182Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest48.90 pts
182Sjeverna Hrvatska48.9+0.7 pts
185Community of Madrid48.8+1.1 pts
185Region of Murcia48.8+0.5 pts
187Budapest48.7+0.8 pts
187Dél-Alföld48.7+0.9 pts
187Norte48.7+0.5 pts
187Praha48.7+1.2 pts
191Vorarlberg48.6+0.4 pts
192Severozápad48.5+1.6 pts
193Andalusia48.4+0.4 pts
193Salzburg48.4+0.4 pts
195Centru48.2+1 pts
196Berlin48+0.6 pts
196Dél-Dunántúl48+1.1 pts
196Malta48+0.6 pts
196Oberpfalz48+0.2 pts
196Pest48+1 pts
201Vzhodna Slovenija47.8+1.2 pts
202Hamburg47.6+0.2 pts
202Moravskoslezsko47.6+1.4 pts
202Warszawski stołeczny47.6+1.3 pts
205Ceuta47.4+0.3 pts
206Flevoland47.2+0.3 pts
207Tirol46.8+0.3 pts
208Észak-Alföld46.4+0.6 pts
208Sostinės regionas46.4+0.7 pts
210Közép-Dunántúl46.3+0.9 pts
210Nord-Vest46.3+0.8 pts
210Yugozapaden46.3+1.3 pts
213Nyugat-Dunántúl46.2+0.9 pts
214Região Autónoma da Madeira45.50 pts
215Wien45.4-0.1 pts
216Łódzkie45.3+1.2 pts
217Małopolskie44.7+0.7 pts
218Lubelskie44.6+0.7 pts
218Luxembourg44.6-0.1 pts
220Kýpros44.3+0.9 pts
220Świętokrzyskie44.3+0.9 pts
222Balearic Islands44.2+0.5 pts
222Vest44.2+0.9 pts
224Podlaskie44.1+0.7 pts
224Pomorskie44.1+1.2 pts
226Mazowiecki regionalny44+0.7 pts
226Região Autónoma dos Açores44-0.1 pts
228Bratislavský kraj43.5+1.7 pts
229Śląskie43.4+1.3 pts
230Wielkopolskie43.3+1.2 pts
231Podkarpackie43.2+0.5 pts
232Kujawsko-pomorskie42.9+1.2 pts
232Východné Slovensko42.9+0.5 pts
234Opolskie42.8+1.1 pts
235Dolnośląskie42.4+1.5 pts
236Lubuskie41.7+1.3 pts
237Zachodniopomorskie41.6+1.4 pts
238Canary Islands41.2+0.2 pts
238Warmińsko-mazurskie41.2+1 pts
240Stredné Slovensko40.7+0.7 pts
241Bucureşti-Ilfov40.2+1.5 pts
242Západné Slovensko39.9+0.9 pts

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About this ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 plus population aged 65 and over, divided by population aged 15 to 64, times 100, on 1 January (Eurostat).

Eurostat age bands. dependency_ratio (INE, Spain) splits the ages at 16, so values for Spanish places differ between the two.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population structure indicators by NUTS 2 and 3 region, age dependency ratio (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which region has the highest age dependency ratio (ages 15 to 64 base)?

Mayotte, with 86.7% in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest age dependency ratio (ages 15 to 64 base)?

Západné Slovensko, with 39.9% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population structure indicators by NUTS 2 and 3 region, age dependency ratio (demo_r_pjanind3). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 2 regions have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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