EU regions (NUTS 2) by dependency ratio

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by dependency ratio, 2015
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Castile and León had the highest dependency ratio of 19 regions in 2015, at 58.7%. Canary Islands had the lowest, at 43.3%. The median was 53.3%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest58.7Castile and León

Lowest43.3Canary Islands

Median53.319 regions

All regions, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Castile and León	58.7	+0.9 pts
2	Galicia	58	+1.1 pts
3	Basque Country	56.8	+1.3 pts
4	Aragon	56.2	+0.7 pts
5	Asturias	55.7	+1.3 pts
6	La Rioja	55.6	+0.9 pts
7	Navarre	55.6	+0.9 pts
8	Catalonia	54.2	+0.9 pts
9	Extremadura	53.7	+0.2 pts
10	Castilla-La Mancha	53.3	+0.3 pts
11	Melilla	53.2	+0.4 pts
12	Cantabria	53.2	+1.1 pts
13	Valencian Community	53	+0.8 pts
14	Region of Murcia	51.2	+0.5 pts
15	Community of Madrid	50.8	+1.1 pts
16	Andalusia	50.7	+0.5 pts
17	Ceuta	50.3	+0.6 pts
18	Balearic Islands	46.2	+0.5 pts
19	Canary Islands	43.3	+0.3 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Population under 16 plus population 65 and over, divided by population aged 16 to 64, times 100.

Spain only, from INE. For EU countries and regions use dependency_ratio_15_64, which splits the ages at 15.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Indicadores demográficos básicos: tasa de dependencia (tablas 1419, 1453, 1490 y 30735). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=1453. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which region has the highest dependency ratio?

Castile and León, with 58.7% in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which region has the lowest dependency ratio?

Canary Islands, with 43.3% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Indicadores demográficos básicos: tasa de dependencia (tablas 1419, 1453, 1490 y 30735). Retrieved 2026-10-07.