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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 2019, at 86.7%. Canary Islands had the lowest, at 41.4%. The median was 54.8% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 54.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest86.7Mayotte
Lowest41.4Canary Islands
Median54.8242 regions
European Union (27)54.8History

Top 40 regions, 2019

CSVChart (SVG)

MayotteMayotte: 86.7 %86.7LimousinLimousin: 70.7 %70.7ChemnitzChemnitz: 70.6 %70.6Poitou-CharentesPoitou-Charentes: 69.1 %69.1Norra MellansverigeNorra Mellansverige: 68.3 %68.3BourgogneBourgogne: 68.2 %68.2Mellersta NorrlandMellersta Norrland: 68.2 %68.2Basse-NormandieBasse-Normandie: 67 %67Languedoc-RoussillonLanguedoc-Roussillon: 67 %67AuvergneAuvergne: 66.8 %66.8Centre - Val de LoireCentre - Val de Loire: 66.8 %66.8Pohjois- ja Itä-SuomiPohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: 66.3 %66.3SeverozapadenSeverozapaden: 66.3 %66.3Småland med öarnaSmåland med öarna: 66.2 %66.2Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 66.1 %66.1LiguriaLiguria: 65.7 %65.7DresdenDresden: 65.5 %65.5IpeirosIpeiros: 65.5 %65.5AlentejoAlentejo: 65.3 %65.3BretagneBretagne: 65.3 %65.3Etelä-SuomiEtelä-Suomi: 65.2 %65.2Länsi-SuomiLänsi-Suomi: 64.4 %64.4CorseCorse: 64.1 %64.1Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 64.1 %64.1Franche-ComtéFranche-Comté: 63.8 %63.8AquitaineAquitaine: 63.7 %63.7ÅlandÅland: 63.5 %63.5Sachsen-AnhaltSachsen-Anhalt: 63.2 %63.2Champagne-ArdenneChampagne-Ardenne: 63 %63ZeelandZeeland: 63 %63Övre NorrlandÖvre Norrland: 62.9 %62.9SjællandSjælland: 62.7 %62.7Östra MellansverigeÖstra Mellansverige: 62.4 %62.4PeloponnisosPeloponnisos: 62.4 %62.4ThüringenThüringen: 62.4 %62.4Midi-PyrénéesMidi-Pyrénées: 62.3 %62.3ThessaliaThessalia: 62.3 %62.3Centro (PT)Centro (PT): 62.1 %62.1Haute-NormandieHaute-Normandie: 62.1 %62.1Oeste e Vale do TejoOeste e Vale do Tejo: 62 %62
%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankRegions2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Mayotte86.70 pts
2Limousin70.7+0.8 pts
3Chemnitz70.6+1.6 pts
4Poitou-Charentes69.1+0.6 pts
5Norra Mellansverige68.3+1 pts
6Bourgogne68.2+0.6 pts
6Mellersta Norrland68.2+0.7 pts
8Basse-Normandie67+0.4 pts
8Languedoc-Roussillon67+0.6 pts
10Auvergne66.8+0.6 pts
10Centre - Val de Loire66.8+0.4 pts
12Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi66.3+1.2 pts
12Severozapaden66.3+0.8 pts
14Småland med öarna66.2+0.6 pts
15Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur66.1+0.5 pts
16Liguria65.7-0.2 pts
17Dresden65.5+1.2 pts
17Ipeiros65.5+0.8 pts
19Alentejo65.3+0.8 pts
19Bretagne65.3+0.4 pts
21Etelä-Suomi65.2+1 pts
22Länsi-Suomi64.4+0.7 pts
23Corse64.1+1.1 pts
23Pays de la Loire64.1+0.2 pts
25Franche-Comté63.8+0.4 pts
26Aquitaine63.7+0.4 pts
27Åland63.5+1.9 pts
28Sachsen-Anhalt63.2+1.6 pts
29Champagne-Ardenne63+0.6 pts
29Zeeland63+0.7 pts
31Övre Norrland62.9+0.7 pts
32Sjælland62.7+0.5 pts
33Östra Mellansverige62.4+0.3 pts
33Peloponnisos62.4+0.4 pts
33Thüringen62.4+1.6 pts
36Midi-Pyrénées62.3+0.4 pts
36Thessalia62.3+0.4 pts
38Centro (PT)62.1+1.2 pts
38Haute-Normandie62.1+0.6 pts
40Oeste e Vale do Tejo62+0.8 pts
41Friuli-Venezia Giulia61.9+0.1 pts
42Drenthe61.8+0.3 pts
43Prov. West-Vlaanderen61.7+0.8 pts
43Voreio Aigaio61.7+0.7 pts
45Severen tsentralen61.5+1.3 pts
45Umbria61.5+0.2 pts
47Sydsverige61.4+0.4 pts
48Guyane61.3-0.6 pts
48Sterea Elláda61.3+0.3 pts
50Piemonte61.2+0.2 pts
51Toscana60.90 pts
52Picardie60.8+0.4 pts
53Yugoiztochen60.7+1.2 pts
54Rhône-Alpes60.5+0.4 pts
55Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki60.3+0.2 pts
55Brandenburg60.3+1.4 pts
57Västsverige60.1+0.4 pts
58Syddanmark60+0.5 pts
59Marche59.9+0.2 pts
60Mecklenburg-Vorpommern59.7+1.6 pts
61Lorraine59.5+0.7 pts
62Ionia Nisia59.4+0.4 pts
63Friesland (NL)59.3+0.4 pts
63Martinique59.3+0.5 pts
65Nordjylland59.2+0.6 pts
66Castile and León59.1+0.5 pts
67Dytiki Makedonia59+0.4 pts
67Emilia-Romagna59-0.1 pts
69Nord-Pas de Calais58.9+0.5 pts
70Galicia58.8+0.5 pts
70Guadeloupe58.8-0.6 pts
72Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste58.6+0.2 pts
73Península de Setúbal58+0.5 pts
74Asturias57.8+0.9 pts
74Northern and Western57.8-0.1 pts
76Dytiki Elláda57.7+0.2 pts
77Lüneburg57.6+0.7 pts
78Algarve57.5+0.7 pts
78Jadranska Hrvatska57.5+1.4 pts
78Leipzig57.5+0.8 pts
81Provincia Autonoma di Trento57.3+0.4 pts
81Yuzhen tsentralen57.3+1.2 pts
83Limburg (NL)57.2+0.9 pts
84Prov. Vlaams-Brabant57+0.3 pts
84Schleswig-Holstein57+0.4 pts
86Abruzzo56.9+0.4 pts
86Lombardia56.90 pts
86Prov. Antwerpen56.9+0.5 pts
89Alsace56.7+0.7 pts
89Basque Country56.7+0.1 pts
89Eesti56.7+0.7 pts
89Severovýchod56.7+1.3 pts
89Veneto56.7+0.1 pts
94Latvija56.6+0.6 pts
94Severoiztochen56.6+1.2 pts
96Kentriki Makedonia56.4+0.2 pts
96Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen56.4+0.4 pts
98Prov. Brabant wallon56.3+0.6 pts
99Midtjylland56.2+0.4 pts
100Molise56.1+0.6 pts
101Gelderland56+0.3 pts
101Kassel56+0.6 pts
101Nord-Est56+0.5 pts
101Overijssel560 pts
105Kriti55.9+0.2 pts
105Saarland55.9+1.1 pts
105Střední Čechy55.9+1 pts
108Koblenz55.8+0.8 pts
109Prov. Hainaut55.7+0.4 pts
110Grande Lisboa55.6-0.2 pts
110Prov. Liège55.6+0.5 pts
112Braunschweig55.5+0.5 pts
112Hannover55.5+0.4 pts
114Jihozápad55.4+1.4 pts
114Prov. Limburg (BE)55.4+1 pts
116Aragon55.3-0.1 pts
116Jihovýchod55.3+1.3 pts
116Střední Morava55.3+1.4 pts
119Southern55.1+0.1 pts
120La Rioja54.80 pts
120Panonska Hrvatska54.8+1.3 pts
122Prov. Namur54.7+0.4 pts
122Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen54.7+0.2 pts
124Düsseldorf54.5+0.5 pts
124Sud-Muntenia54.5+0.7 pts
126Noord-Brabant54.4+0.2 pts
126Severozápad54.4+1.2 pts
128Puglia54.3+0.4 pts
129Arnsberg54.2+0.6 pts
129Zahodna Slovenija54.2+0.9 pts
131Cantabria54.1+0.5 pts
131Detmold54.1+0.4 pts
131Kärnten54.1+0.6 pts
131Lazio54.1+0.1 pts
131Navarre54.1-0.2 pts
131Warszawski stołeczny54.1+1.6 pts
137Burgenland54+0.7 pts
137Grad Zagreb54+0.9 pts
137Sud-Est54+0.9 pts
140Sardegna53.8+0.8 pts
140Sicilia53.8+0.3 pts
142Basilicata53.6+0.4 pts
142Prov. Luxembourg (BE)53.6+0.1 pts
144Calabria53.5+0.6 pts
144Moravskoslezsko53.5+1.4 pts
144Oberfranken53.5+0.6 pts
147Rheinhessen-Pfalz53.3+0.8 pts
147Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas53.3+0.4 pts
149La Réunion53.2+0.4 pts
149Notio Aigaio53.2+0.4 pts
149Vzhodna Slovenija53.2+1.3 pts
149Weser-Ems53.2+0.5 pts
153Freiburg53.1+0.6 pts
153Praha53.1+0.8 pts
153Sjeverna Hrvatska53.1+1.3 pts
156Ile-de-France53+0.6 pts
156Unterfranken53+0.8 pts
158Centru52.9+1.1 pts
159Bremen52.8+0.3 pts
159Niederösterreich52.8+0.4 pts
159Stockholm52.80 pts
162Schwaben52.6+0.5 pts
163Münster52.5+0.8 pts
164Észak-Magyarország52.2+0.9 pts
164Extremadura52.2+0.2 pts
164Sud-Vest Oltenia52.2+0.7 pts
164Yugozapaden52.2+1.4 pts
168Catalonia52-0.4 pts
168Darmstadt52+0.4 pts
168Dél-Alföld52+0.9 pts
171Dél-Dunántúl51.8+1.1 pts
171Gießen51.8+0.6 pts
171Mittelfranken51.8+0.4 pts
171Trier51.8+0.7 pts
171Tübingen51.8+0.6 pts
171Valencian Community51.80 pts
177Attiki51.6+0.4 pts
178Castilla-La Mancha51.50 pts
178Helsinki-Uusimaa51.5+0.4 pts
178Norte51.5+0.8 pts
178Stuttgart51.5+0.3 pts
182Köln51.4+0.4 pts
183Bratislavský kraj51.3+1.9 pts
183Łódzkie51.3+1.6 pts
185Budapest51.2+0.7 pts
186Karlsruhe51.1+0.6 pts
187Pest51+0.9 pts
188Hovedstaden50.8+0.1 pts
188Niederbayern50.8+0.7 pts
190Steiermark50.7+0.4 pts
191Groningen50.6+0.2 pts
191Noord-Holland50.6+0.1 pts
193Oberbayern50.5+0.2 pts
193Oberösterreich50.5+0.5 pts
195Melilla50.2-0.5 pts
196Eastern and Midland50-0.2 pts
196Pomorskie50+1.5 pts
196Salzburg50+0.5 pts
196Vorarlberg50+0.3 pts
200Campania49.9+0.2 pts
200Oberpfalz49.9+0.7 pts
202Berlin49.8+0.2 pts
202Nord-Vest49.8+0.7 pts
202Śląskie49.8+1.7 pts
205Közép-Dunántúl49.7+0.8 pts
205Nyugat-Dunántúl49.7+0.8 pts
207Community of Madrid49.6-0.2 pts
207Észak-Alföld49.6+1 pts
209Dolnośląskie49.5+1.9 pts
209Sostinės regionas49.5+0.5 pts
211Świętokrzyskie49.4+1.5 pts
212Lubelskie49.1+1.4 pts
212Region of Murcia49.1-0.1 pts
214Andalusia490 pts
215Małopolskie48.9+1.2 pts
216Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest48.8-0.3 pts
216Wielkopolskie48.8+1.4 pts
218Mazowiecki regionalny48.5+1.4 pts
219Flevoland48.4+0.3 pts
220Tirol48.3+0.5 pts
220Vest48.3+0.9 pts
222Zachodniopomorskie48.2+1.7 pts
223Kujawsko-pomorskie48.1+1.4 pts
223Opolskie48.1+1.5 pts
225Hamburg48+0.1 pts
225Lubuskie48+1.6 pts
227Podlaskie47.8+1.1 pts
228Ceuta47.6-0.4 pts
229Região Autónoma da Madeira47.5+0.5 pts
230Kýpros47+0.5 pts
231Podkarpackie46.9+1.2 pts
231Východné Slovensko46.9+1 pts
233Malta46.8-1.1 pts
234Warmińsko-mazurskie46.2+1.4 pts
235Bucureşti-Ilfov45.6+1.3 pts
236Stredné Slovensko45.5+1.3 pts
236Západné Slovensko45.5+1.5 pts
238Região Autónoma dos Açores45.1+0.4 pts
239Wien45+0.1 pts
240Balearic Islands44.3-0.2 pts
241Luxembourg43.80 pts
242Canary Islands41.4-0.2 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 2019 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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Questions

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

Mayotte, with 86.7% in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Canary Islands, with 41.4% in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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