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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 2020, at 86.7%. Canary Islands had the lowest, at 41.3%. The median was 55.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 55.4%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest86.7Mayotte
Lowest41.3Canary Islands
Median55.3242 regions
European Union (27)55.4History

Top 40 regions, 2020

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MayotteMayotte: 86.7 %86.7ChemnitzChemnitz: 72.2 %72.2LimousinLimousin: 71.4 %71.4Poitou-CharentesPoitou-Charentes: 70 %70Norra MellansverigeNorra Mellansverige: 69.1 %69.1BourgogneBourgogne: 69 %69Mellersta NorrlandMellersta Norrland: 68.7 %68.7Basse-NormandieBasse-Normandie: 68 %68AuvergneAuvergne: 67.6 %67.6Languedoc-RoussillonLanguedoc-Roussillon: 67.6 %67.6Centre - Val de LoireCentre - Val de Loire: 67.5 %67.5Pohjois- ja Itä-SuomiPohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: 67.5 %67.5SeverozapadenSeverozapaden: 66.8 %66.8Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 66.7 %66.7Småland med öarnaSmåland med öarna: 66.7 %66.7DresdenDresden: 66.6 %66.6IpeirosIpeiros: 66.2 %66.2AlentejoAlentejo: 66.1 %66.1Etelä-SuomiEtelä-Suomi: 66 %66BretagneBretagne: 65.9 %65.9LiguriaLiguria: 65.8 %65.8Länsi-SuomiLänsi-Suomi: 65 %65Sachsen-AnhaltSachsen-Anhalt: 64.8 %64.8CorseCorse: 64.7 %64.7ÅlandÅland: 64.6 %64.6Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire: 64.6 %64.6Franche-ComtéFranche-Comté: 64.5 %64.5AquitaineAquitaine: 64.3 %64.3Champagne-ArdenneChampagne-Ardenne: 63.9 %63.9ThüringenThüringen: 63.9 %63.9ZeelandZeeland: 63.7 %63.7Övre NorrlandÖvre Norrland: 63.5 %63.5Centro (PT)Centro (PT): 63.4 %63.4SjællandSjælland: 63.1 %63.1Haute-NormandieHaute-Normandie: 62.9 %62.9Oeste e Vale do TejoOeste e Vale do Tejo: 62.9 %62.9Midi-PyrénéesMidi-Pyrénées: 62.8 %62.8PeloponnisosPeloponnisos: 62.8 %62.8Severen tsentralenSeveren tsentralen: 62.8 %62.8Östra MellansverigeÖstra Mellansverige: 62.6 %62.6
%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankRegions2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Mayotte86.70 pts
2Chemnitz72.2+1.6 pts
3Limousin71.4+0.7 pts
4Poitou-Charentes70+0.9 pts
5Norra Mellansverige69.1+0.8 pts
6Bourgogne69+0.8 pts
7Mellersta Norrland68.7+0.5 pts
8Basse-Normandie68+1 pts
9Auvergne67.6+0.8 pts
9Languedoc-Roussillon67.6+0.6 pts
11Centre - Val de Loire67.5+0.7 pts
11Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi67.5+1.2 pts
13Severozapaden66.8+0.5 pts
14Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur66.7+0.6 pts
14Småland med öarna66.7+0.5 pts
16Dresden66.6+1.1 pts
17Ipeiros66.2+0.7 pts
18Alentejo66.1+0.8 pts
19Etelä-Suomi66+0.8 pts
20Bretagne65.9+0.6 pts
21Liguria65.8+0.1 pts
22Länsi-Suomi65+0.6 pts
23Sachsen-Anhalt64.8+1.6 pts
24Corse64.7+0.6 pts
25Åland64.6+1.1 pts
25Pays de la Loire64.6+0.5 pts
27Franche-Comté64.5+0.7 pts
28Aquitaine64.3+0.6 pts
29Champagne-Ardenne63.9+0.9 pts
29Thüringen63.9+1.5 pts
31Zeeland63.7+0.7 pts
32Övre Norrland63.5+0.6 pts
33Centro (PT)63.4+1.3 pts
34Sjælland63.1+0.4 pts
35Haute-Normandie62.9+0.8 pts
35Oeste e Vale do Tejo62.9+0.9 pts
37Midi-Pyrénées62.8+0.5 pts
37Peloponnisos62.8+0.4 pts
37Severen tsentralen62.8+1.3 pts
40Östra Mellansverige62.6+0.2 pts
40Thessalia62.6+0.3 pts
42Prov. West-Vlaanderen62.5+0.8 pts
43Drenthe62.3+0.5 pts
44Friuli-Venezia Giulia62.2+0.3 pts
45Guyane61.8+0.5 pts
45Umbria61.8+0.3 pts
45Yugoiztochen61.8+1.1 pts
48Brandenburg61.7+1.4 pts
48Sterea Elláda61.7+0.4 pts
50Sydsverige61.6+0.2 pts
51Picardie61.5+0.7 pts
51Piemonte61.5+0.3 pts
53Mecklenburg-Vorpommern61.4+1.7 pts
54Toscana61.1+0.2 pts
54Voreio Aigaio61.1-0.6 pts
56Rhône-Alpes60.8+0.3 pts
57Martinique60.6+1.3 pts
57Syddanmark60.6+0.6 pts
59Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki60.4+0.1 pts
59Lorraine60.4+0.9 pts
61Marche60.2+0.3 pts
61Västsverige60.2+0.1 pts
63Guadeloupe60+1.2 pts
64Nordjylland59.9+0.7 pts
65Friesland (NL)59.7+0.4 pts
66Castile and León59.6+0.5 pts
66Dytiki Makedonia59.6+0.6 pts
68Nord-Pas de Calais59.5+0.6 pts
69Ionia Nisia59.3-0.1 pts
70Galicia59.1+0.3 pts
71Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste59+0.4 pts
72Emilia-Romagna58.9-0.1 pts
73Asturias58.6+0.8 pts
73Jadranska Hrvatska58.6+1.1 pts
75Algarve58.5+1 pts
76Península de Setúbal58.4+0.4 pts
76Yuzhen tsentralen58.4+1.1 pts
78Lüneburg58.3+0.7 pts
79Leipzig58.1+0.6 pts
80Limburg (NL)58+0.8 pts
80Northern and Western58+0.2 pts
82Dytiki Elláda57.9+0.2 pts
82Severovýchod57.9+1.2 pts
84Severoiztochen57.8+1.2 pts
85Schleswig-Holstein57.6+0.6 pts
86Abruzzo57.5+0.6 pts
86Eesti57.5+0.8 pts
86Latvija57.5+0.9 pts
86Provincia Autonoma di Trento57.5+0.2 pts
90Alsace57.4+0.7 pts
90Prov. Antwerpen57.4+0.5 pts
90Prov. Vlaams-Brabant57.4+0.4 pts
93Molise57.3+1.2 pts
94Lombardia57+0.1 pts
94Saarland57+1.1 pts
96Veneto56.9+0.2 pts
97Kassel56.8+0.8 pts
97Koblenz56.8+1 pts
97Střední Čechy56.8+0.9 pts
100Nord-Est56.7+0.7 pts
100Prov. Brabant wallon56.7+0.4 pts
100Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen56.7+0.3 pts
100Střední Morava56.7+1.4 pts
104Basque Country56.6-0.1 pts
104Kentriki Makedonia56.6+0.2 pts
104Midtjylland56.6+0.4 pts
107Gelderland56.4+0.4 pts
107Jihovýchod56.4+1.1 pts
107Jihozápad56.4+1 pts
107Panonska Hrvatska56.4+1.6 pts
111Braunschweig56.3+0.8 pts
111Prov. Limburg (BE)56.3+0.9 pts
113Hannover56.1+0.6 pts
113Overijssel56.1+0.1 pts
113Prov. Hainaut56.1+0.4 pts
113Prov. Liège56.1+0.5 pts
117Kriti55.90 pts
118Severozápad55.5+1.1 pts
118Warszawski stołeczny55.5+1.4 pts
120Grande Lisboa55.3-0.3 pts
120Southern55.3+0.2 pts
120Sud-Muntenia55.3+0.8 pts
123Aragon55.1-0.2 pts
123Düsseldorf55.1+0.6 pts
123Sud-Est55.1+1.1 pts
126Arnsberg55+0.8 pts
126Prov. Namur55+0.3 pts
128Grad Zagreb54.9+0.9 pts
128Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen54.9+0.2 pts
128Sardegna54.9+1.1 pts
131Detmold54.8+0.7 pts
131La Rioja54.80 pts
131Puglia54.8+0.5 pts
131Zahodna Slovenija54.8+0.6 pts
135Burgenland54.7+0.7 pts
135Kärnten54.7+0.6 pts
135Moravskoslezsko54.7+1.2 pts
135Noord-Brabant54.7+0.3 pts
139Lazio54.5+0.4 pts
140Calabria54.4+0.9 pts
140Cantabria54.4+0.3 pts
140Oberfranken54.4+0.9 pts
140Sicilia54.4+0.6 pts
144Basilicata54.3+0.7 pts
144Vzhodna Slovenija54.3+1.1 pts
146Rheinhessen-Pfalz54.2+0.9 pts
146Sjeverna Hrvatska54.2+1.1 pts
148Unterfranken54.1+1.1 pts
149Centru54+1.1 pts
149Freiburg54+0.9 pts
149Navarre54-0.1 pts
152La Réunion53.9+0.7 pts
152Weser-Ems53.9+0.7 pts
154Prov. Luxembourg (BE)53.7+0.1 pts
155Praha53.6+0.5 pts
155Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas53.6+0.3 pts
157Észak-Magyarország53.5+1.3 pts
157Notio Aigaio53.5+0.3 pts
159Bremen53.4+0.6 pts
159Dél-Alföld53.4+1.4 pts
159Dél-Dunántúl53.4+1.6 pts
159Münster53.4+0.9 pts
159Yugozapaden53.4+1.2 pts
164Niederösterreich53.2+0.4 pts
164Schwaben53.2+0.6 pts
166Ile-de-France53.1+0.1 pts
167Sud-Vest Oltenia53+0.8 pts
168Bratislavský kraj52.9+1.6 pts
169Łódzkie52.8+1.5 pts
169Trier52.8+1 pts
171Norte52.7+1.2 pts
171Stockholm52.7-0.1 pts
173Gießen52.5+0.7 pts
173Tübingen52.5+0.7 pts
175Darmstadt52.4+0.4 pts
175Extremadura52.4+0.2 pts
175Mittelfranken52.4+0.6 pts
178Budapest52.1+0.9 pts
179Köln52+0.6 pts
179Stuttgart52+0.5 pts
181Attiki51.9+0.3 pts
181Pest51.9+0.9 pts
183Karlsruhe51.7+0.6 pts
183Niederbayern51.7+0.9 pts
185Catalonia51.6-0.4 pts
185Helsinki-Uusimaa51.6+0.1 pts
185Valencian Community51.6-0.2 pts
188Pomorskie51.5+1.5 pts
189Castilla-La Mancha51.3-0.2 pts
189Dolnośląskie51.3+1.8 pts
189Śląskie51.3+1.5 pts
189Steiermark51.3+0.6 pts
193Groningen51.1+0.5 pts
194Hovedstaden51+0.2 pts
194Oberösterreich51+0.5 pts
196Észak-Alföld50.9+1.3 pts
196Oberpfalz50.9+1 pts
196Świętokrzyskie50.9+1.5 pts
199Közép-Dunántúl50.8+1.1 pts
199Nord-Vest50.8+1 pts
199Nyugat-Dunántúl50.8+1.1 pts
199Oberbayern50.8+0.3 pts
203Noord-Holland50.7+0.1 pts
204Salzburg50.6+0.6 pts
205Vorarlberg50.5+0.5 pts
206Campania50.4+0.5 pts
206Lubelskie50.4+1.3 pts
208Melilla50.3+0.1 pts
209Wielkopolskie50.2+1.4 pts
210Berlin50.1+0.3 pts
210Małopolskie50.1+1.2 pts
212Eastern and Midland49.9-0.1 pts
212Mazowiecki regionalny49.9+1.4 pts
212Zachodniopomorskie49.9+1.7 pts
215Opolskie49.7+1.6 pts
215Sostinės regionas49.7+0.2 pts
217Vest49.6+1.3 pts
218Lubuskie49.5+1.5 pts
219Kujawsko-pomorskie49.4+1.3 pts
220Podlaskie49.2+1.4 pts
221Community of Madrid49.1-0.5 pts
222Andalusia490 pts
223Flevoland48.8+0.4 pts
224Region of Murcia48.7-0.4 pts
224Tirol48.7+0.4 pts
226Região Autónoma da Madeira48.5+1 pts
227Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest48.3-0.5 pts
228Hamburg48.2+0.2 pts
229Podkarpackie48.1+1.2 pts
230Východné Slovensko48+1.1 pts
231Kýpros47.7+0.7 pts
232Warmińsko-mazurskie47.6+1.4 pts
233Ceuta47.3-0.3 pts
234Bucureşti-Ilfov47.1+1.5 pts
235Západné Slovensko47+1.5 pts
236Stredné Slovensko46.8+1.3 pts
237Malta45.6-1.2 pts
237Região Autónoma dos Açores45.6+0.5 pts
239Wien45.1+0.1 pts
240Balearic Islands44-0.3 pts
241Luxembourg43.9+0.1 pts
242Canary Islands41.3-0.1 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 2020 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 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Canary Islands, with 41.3% in 2020.

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 2020 and are not ranked.

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