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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 2018, at 86.7%. Canary Islands had the lowest, at 41.6%. The median was 54.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 54.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest86.7Mayotte
Lowest41.6Canary Islands
Median54.1242 regions
European Union (27)54.3History

Top 40 regions, 2018

CSVChart (SVG)

MayotteMayotte: 86.7 %86.7LimousinLimousin: 69.9 %69.9ChemnitzChemnitz: 69 %69Poitou-CharentesPoitou-Charentes: 68.5 %68.5BourgogneBourgogne: 67.6 %67.6Mellersta NorrlandMellersta Norrland: 67.5 %67.5Norra MellansverigeNorra Mellansverige: 67.3 %67.3Basse-NormandieBasse-Normandie: 66.6 %66.6Centre - Val de LoireCentre - Val de Loire: 66.4 %66.4Languedoc-RoussillonLanguedoc-Roussillon: 66.4 %66.4AuvergneAuvergne: 66.2 %66.2LiguriaLiguria: 65.9 %65.9Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 65.6 %65.6Småland med öarnaSmåland med öarna: 65.6 %65.6SeverozapadenSeverozapaden: 65.5 %65.5Pohjois- ja Itä-SuomiPohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: 65.1 %65.1BretagneBretagne: 64.9 %64.9IpeirosIpeiros: 64.7 %64.7AlentejoAlentejo: 64.5 %64.5DresdenDresden: 64.3 %64.3Etelä-SuomiEtelä-Suomi: 64.2 %64.2Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 63.9 %63.9Länsi-SuomiLänsi-Suomi: 63.7 %63.7Franche-ComtéFranche-Comté: 63.4 %63.4AquitaineAquitaine: 63.3 %63.3CorseCorse: 63 %63Champagne-ArdenneChampagne-Ardenne: 62.4 %62.4ZeelandZeeland: 62.3 %62.3Övre NorrlandÖvre Norrland: 62.2 %62.2SjællandSjælland: 62.2 %62.2Östra MellansverigeÖstra Mellansverige: 62.1 %62.1PeloponnisosPeloponnisos: 62 %62GuyaneGuyane: 61.9 %61.9Midi-PyrénéesMidi-Pyrénées: 61.9 %61.9ThessaliaThessalia: 61.9 %61.9Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 61.8 %61.8ÅlandÅland: 61.6 %61.6Sachsen-AnhaltSachsen-Anhalt: 61.6 %61.6DrentheDrenthe: 61.5 %61.5Haute-NormandieHaute-Normandie: 61.5 %61.5
%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankRegions2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Mayotte Provisional86.70 pts
2Limousin Provisional69.9+0.9 pts
3Chemnitz69+2 pts
4Poitou-Charentes Provisional68.5+0.9 pts
5Bourgogne Provisional67.6+0.9 pts
6Mellersta Norrland67.5+1 pts
7Norra Mellansverige67.3+1 pts
8Basse-Normandie Provisional66.6+0.8 pts
9Centre - Val de Loire Provisional66.4+0.8 pts
9Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional66.4+1.1 pts
11Auvergne Provisional66.2+0.9 pts
12Liguria65.9-0.1 pts
13Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional65.6+0.8 pts
13Småland med öarna65.6+0.6 pts
15Severozapaden65.5+0.5 pts
16Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi65.1+1.5 pts
17Bretagne Provisional64.9+0.6 pts
18Ipeiros64.7+0.8 pts
19Alentejo64.5+0.9 pts
20Dresden64.3+1.5 pts
21Etelä-Suomi64.2+1.3 pts
22Pays de la Loire Provisional63.9+0.5 pts
23Länsi-Suomi63.7+1 pts
24Franche-Comté Provisional63.4+0.6 pts
25Aquitaine Provisional63.3+0.7 pts
26Corse Provisional63+1.5 pts
27Champagne-Ardenne Provisional62.4+0.9 pts
28Zeeland62.3+0.5 pts
29Övre Norrland62.2+0.8 pts
29Sjælland62.2+0.6 pts
31Östra Mellansverige62.1+0.5 pts
32Peloponnisos62+0.5 pts
33Guyane Provisional61.9+0.4 pts
33Midi-Pyrénées Provisional61.9+0.5 pts
33Thessalia61.9+0.4 pts
36Friuli-Venezia Giulia61.8+0.1 pts
37Åland61.6+1.7 pts
37Sachsen-Anhalt61.6+1.8 pts
39Drenthe61.5+0.5 pts
39Haute-Normandie Provisional61.5+0.7 pts
41Umbria61.30 pts
42Oeste e Vale do Tejo61.2+0.9 pts
43Piemonte61+0.2 pts
43Sterea Elláda61+0.4 pts
43Sydsverige61+0.4 pts
43Voreio Aigaio61-0.1 pts
47Centro (PT)60.9+1.1 pts
47Prov. West-Vlaanderen60.9+0.7 pts
47Toscana60.90 pts
50Thüringen60.8+1.6 pts
51Picardie Provisional60.4+0.9 pts
52Severen tsentralen60.2+1.4 pts
53Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki60.1+0.3 pts
53Rhône-Alpes Provisional60.1+0.5 pts
55Marche59.7+0.1 pts
55Västsverige59.7+0.4 pts
57Syddanmark59.5+0.5 pts
57Yugoiztochen59.5+1.3 pts
59Guadeloupe Provisional59.4+0.7 pts
60Emilia-Romagna59.1-0.2 pts
61Ionia Nisia59+0.3 pts
62Brandenburg58.9+1.5 pts
62Friesland (NL)58.9+0.4 pts
64Lorraine Provisional58.8+0.7 pts
64Martinique Provisional58.8+0.7 pts
66Castile and León58.6+0.6 pts
66Dytiki Makedonia58.6+0.4 pts
66Nordjylland58.6+0.5 pts
69Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional58.4+0.6 pts
69Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste58.4+0.3 pts
71Galicia58.3+0.8 pts
72Mecklenburg-Vorpommern58.1+1.7 pts
73Northern and Western57.9+0.2 pts
74Dytiki Elláda57.5+0.3 pts
74Península de Setúbal57.5+0.6 pts
76Asturias56.9+1.1 pts
76Lombardia56.9+0.1 pts
76Lüneburg56.9+0.7 pts
76Provincia Autonoma di Trento56.9+0.3 pts
80Algarve56.8+0.6 pts
81Leipzig56.7+0.6 pts
81Prov. Vlaams-Brabant56.7+0.5 pts
83Basque Country56.6+0.5 pts
83Schleswig-Holstein56.6+0.5 pts
83Veneto56.6+0.2 pts
86Abruzzo56.5+0.4 pts
87Prov. Antwerpen56.4+0.6 pts
88Limburg (NL)56.3+0.9 pts
89Kentriki Makedonia56.2+0.2 pts
90Jadranska Hrvatska56.1+1.4 pts
90Yuzhen tsentralen56.1+1.2 pts
92Alsace Provisional56+0.8 pts
92Eesti56+0.8 pts
92Latvija56+1.1 pts
92Overijssel56+0.2 pts
92Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen56+0.6 pts
97Grande Lisboa55.8-0.1 pts
97Midtjylland55.8+0.4 pts
99Gelderland55.7+0.4 pts
99Kriti55.7+0.2 pts
99Prov. Brabant wallon55.7+0.5 pts
102Molise55.5+0.3 pts
102Nord-Est55.5+0.7 pts
104Aragon55.4+0.4 pts
104Kassel55.4+0.7 pts
104Severoiztochen55.4+1.3 pts
104Severovýchod55.4+1.6 pts
108Prov. Hainaut55.3+0.4 pts
109Hannover55.1+0.5 pts
109Prov. Liège55.1+0.6 pts
111Braunschweig55+0.6 pts
111Koblenz55+0.8 pts
111Southern55+0.1 pts
114Střední Čechy54.9+1.4 pts
115La Rioja54.8+0.5 pts
115Saarland54.8+1.2 pts
117Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen54.5+0.2 pts
118Prov. Limburg (BE)54.4+1.1 pts
119Navarre54.3+0.3 pts
119Prov. Namur54.3+0.5 pts
121Noord-Brabant54.2+0.3 pts
122Düsseldorf54+0.6 pts
122Jihovýchod54+1.4 pts
122Jihozápad54+1.4 pts
122Lazio54+0.1 pts
126Puglia53.9+0.2 pts
126Střední Morava53.9+1.5 pts
128Sud-Muntenia53.8+1 pts
129Detmold53.7+0.6 pts
130Arnsberg53.6+0.6 pts
130Cantabria53.6+0.8 pts
132Kärnten53.5+0.8 pts
132Panonska Hrvatska53.5+1.5 pts
132Prov. Luxembourg (BE)53.5+0.3 pts
132Sicilia53.5+0.3 pts
136Burgenland53.3+0.9 pts
136Zahodna Slovenija53.3+1.3 pts
138Basilicata53.2+0.2 pts
138Severozápad53.2+1.4 pts
140Grad Zagreb53.1+1.3 pts
140Sud-Est53.1+1.2 pts
142Sardegna53+0.7 pts
143Calabria52.9+0.3 pts
143Oberfranken52.9+0.5 pts
143Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas52.9+0.8 pts
146La Réunion Provisional52.8+0.5 pts
146Notio Aigaio52.8+0.6 pts
146Stockholm52.80 pts
149Weser-Ems52.7+0.5 pts
150Bremen52.5+0.5 pts
150Freiburg52.5+0.5 pts
150Rheinhessen-Pfalz52.5+0.9 pts
150Warszawski stołeczny52.5+1.7 pts
154Catalonia52.40 pts
154Ile-de-France Provisional52.4+0.3 pts
154Niederösterreich52.4+0.3 pts
157Praha52.3+1.1 pts
158Unterfranken52.2+0.8 pts
159Moravskoslezsko52.1+1.4 pts
159Schwaben52.1+0.4 pts
161Extremadura52+0.4 pts
162Vzhodna Slovenija51.9+1.5 pts
163Centru51.8+1.3 pts
163Sjeverna Hrvatska51.8+1.2 pts
163Valencian Community51.8+0.3 pts
166Münster51.7+0.7 pts
167Darmstadt51.6+0.5 pts
168Castilla-La Mancha51.5+0.2 pts
168Sud-Vest Oltenia51.5+0.9 pts
170Mittelfranken51.4+0.5 pts
171Észak-Magyarország51.3+0.7 pts
172Attiki51.2+0.6 pts
172Gießen51.2+0.6 pts
172Stuttgart51.2+0.3 pts
172Tübingen51.2+0.5 pts
176Dél-Alföld51.1+0.7 pts
176Helsinki-Uusimaa51.1+0.6 pts
176Trier51.1+1 pts
179Köln51+0.4 pts
180Yugozapaden50.8+1.4 pts
181Dél-Dunántúl50.7+0.7 pts
181Hovedstaden50.7+0.1 pts
181Melilla50.7+0.2 pts
181Norte50.7+0.7 pts
185Budapest50.5+0.3 pts
185Karlsruhe50.5+0.4 pts
185Noord-Holland50.5+0.2 pts
188Groningen50.4+0.5 pts
189Oberbayern50.3+0.4 pts
189Steiermark50.3+0.5 pts
191Eastern and Midland50.2+0.3 pts
192Niederbayern50.1+0.4 pts
192Pest50.1+0.6 pts
194Oberösterreich50+0.4 pts
195Community of Madrid49.8+0.1 pts
196Campania49.70 pts
196Łódzkie49.7+1.7 pts
196Vorarlberg49.7+0.4 pts
199Berlin49.6+0.4 pts
200Salzburg49.5+0.5 pts
201Bratislavský kraj49.4+2 pts
202Oberpfalz49.2+0.6 pts
202Region of Murcia49.20 pts
204Nord-Vest49.1+1 pts
204Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest49.10 pts
206Andalusia49+0.3 pts
206Sostinės regionas49+0.8 pts
208Közép-Dunántúl48.9+0.6 pts
208Nyugat-Dunántúl48.9+0.8 pts
210Észak-Alföld48.6+0.7 pts
211Pomorskie48.5+1.6 pts
212Flevoland48.1+0.4 pts
212Śląskie48.1+1.7 pts
214Ceuta48+0.1 pts
215Hamburg47.9+0.1 pts
215Malta47.9-0.8 pts
215Świętokrzyskie47.9+1.4 pts
218Tirol47.8+0.5 pts
219Lubelskie47.7+1.2 pts
219Małopolskie47.7+1.2 pts
221Dolnośląskie47.6+1.9 pts
222Vest47.4+1.1 pts
222Wielkopolskie47.4+1.5 pts
224Mazowiecki regionalny47.1+1.3 pts
225Região Autónoma da Madeira47+0.7 pts
226Kujawsko-pomorskie46.7+1.4 pts
226Podlaskie46.7+1.1 pts
228Opolskie46.6+1.4 pts
229Kýpros46.5+0.6 pts
229Zachodniopomorskie46.5+1.8 pts
231Lubuskie46.4+1.8 pts
232Východné Slovensko45.9+1.2 pts
233Podkarpackie45.7+1.1 pts
234Wien44.90 pts
235Warmińsko-mazurskie44.8+1.4 pts
236Região Autónoma dos Açores44.7+0.3 pts
237Balearic Islands44.50 pts
238Bucureşti-Ilfov44.3+1.5 pts
239Stredné Slovensko44.2+1.3 pts
240Západné Slovensko44+1.6 pts
241Luxembourg43.8-0.1 pts
242Canary Islands41.6+0.2 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 2018 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 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Canary Islands, with 41.6% in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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