# Provinces of Spain by dependency ratio, 2025

All 52 values come from Instituto Nacional de Estadística for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `dependency_ratio`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Population under 16 plus population 65 and over, divided by population aged 16 to 64, times 100.
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Indicadores demográficos básicos: tasa de dependencia (tablas 1419, 1453, 1490 y 30735) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=1490)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- Citation: 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=1490. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/dependency-ratio/spain-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/dependency-ratio/spain-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ourense province | 73.4 |
| 2 | Zamora province | 73.2 |
| 3 | Lugo province | 69.2 |
| 4 | León province | 66.7 |
| 5 | Palencia province | 66 |
| 6 | Salamanca province | 65.6 |
| 7 | Ávila province | 65.2 |
| 8 | Asturias province | 64.1 |
| 9 | Soria province | 62.9 |
| 10 | Burgos province | 62 |
| 11 | A Coruña province | 61.7 |
| 12 | Teruel province | 61.6 |
| 13 | Valladolid province | 61.1 |
| 14 | Gipuzkoa province | 60.2 |
| 15 | Cáceres province | 60 |
| 16 | Biscay province | 59.3 |
| 17 | Álava province | 59.1 |
| 18 | Huesca province | 58.6 |
| 19 | Cantabria province | 58.6 |
| 20 | Pontevedra province | 58.3 |
| 21 | Segovia province | 58.2 |
| 22 | La Rioja province | 57.8 |
| 23 | Cuenca province | 57.1 |
| 24 | Zaragoza province | 56.4 |
| 25 | Navarre province | 56.4 |
| 26 | Ciudad Real province | 55.6 |
| 27 | Córdoba province | 55.4 |
| 28 | Badajoz province | 55 |
| 29 | Alicante province | 54.6 |
| 30 | Tarragona province | 54.3 |
| 31 | Jaén province | 54.2 |
| 32 | Lleida province | 53.6 |
| 33 | Castellón province | 53.6 |
| 34 | Albacete province | 53.4 |
| 35 | Toledo province | 53.3 |
| 36 | Girona province | 52.8 |
| 37 | Granada province | 52.5 |
| 38 | Valencia province | 51.8 |
| 39 | Barcelona province | 51.2 |
| 40 | Cádiz province | 51.1 |
| 41 | Málaga province | 51 |
| 42 | Seville province | 50.8 |
| 43 | Melilla province | 50.8 |
| 44 | Murcia province | 50.6 |
| 45 | Madrid province | 49.8 |
| 46 | Huelva province | 49.6 |
| 47 | Almería province | 49.4 |
| 48 | Guadalajara province | 48.2 |
| 49 | Ceuta province | 47.2 |
| 50 | Balearic Islands province | 45.3 |
| 51 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife province | 45.2 |
| 52 | Las Palmas province | 42.1 |