# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by age dependency ratio (ages 15 to 64 base), 2025

All 38 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `dependency_ratio_15_64`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Population aged 0 to 14 plus population aged 65 and over, divided by population aged 15 to 64, times 100, on 1 January (Eurostat).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/dependency-ratio-15-64/germany-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/dependency-ratio-15-64/germany-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chemnitz | 75.3 |
| 2 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 68.7 |
| 3 | Thüringen | 68.4 |
| 4 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 68.1 |
| 5 | Dresden | 68 |
| 6 | Brandenburg | 65.9 |
| 7 | Saarland | 61.8 |
| 8 | Lüneburg | 61.7 |
| 9 | Koblenz | 61.2 |
| 10 | Kassel | 60.8 |
| 11 | Braunschweig | 59.8 |
| 11 | Schleswig-Holstein | 59.8 |
| 13 | Unterfranken | 59.7 |
| 14 | Oberfranken | 59.4 |
| 15 | Hannover | 58.7 |
| 16 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 58.5 |
| 17 | Detmold | 58.2 |
| 18 | Freiburg | 58 |
| 19 | Arnsberg | 57.9 |
| 20 | Leipzig | 57.7 |
| 20 | Weser-Ems | 57.7 |
| 22 | Münster | 57.4 |
| 23 | Trier | 57.3 |
| 24 | Schwaben | 57.2 |
| 25 | Düsseldorf | 57 |
| 25 | Niederbayern | 57 |
| 27 | Tübingen | 56.9 |
| 28 | Gießen | 56.8 |
| 29 | Mittelfranken | 55.7 |
| 29 | Oberpfalz | 55.7 |
| 31 | Stuttgart | 55.4 |
| 32 | Karlsruhe | 55.1 |
| 33 | Bremen | 54.5 |
| 34 | Köln | 54.2 |
| 35 | Darmstadt | 54 |
| 36 | Oberbayern | 52.4 |
| 37 | Berlin | 49.4 |
| 38 | Hamburg | 47.7 |