Data / Rankings / Dependency ratio / Provinces of Spain

Provinces of Spain by dependency ratio

Ourense province had the highest dependency ratio of 52 provinces in 2019, at 72.1%. Las Palmas province had the lowest, at 42.1%. The median was 55.4% and the figure for Spain was 53.8%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest72.1Ourense province
Lowest42.1Las Palmas province
Median55.452 provinces
Spain53.8History

All provinces, 2019

CSVChart (SVG)

Ourense provinceOurense province: 72.1 %72.1Zamora provinceZamora province: 69 %69Lugo provinceLugo province: 66.5 %66.5Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 63.3 %63.3Ávila provinceÁvila province: 63.1 %63.1Soria provinceSoria province: 63 %63León provinceLeón province: 62.3 %62.3Teruel provinceTeruel province: 60.9 %60.9Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 60.4 %60.4A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 60 %60Burgos provinceBurgos province: 59.8 %59.8Asturias provinceAsturias province: 59.8 %59.8Palencia provincePalencia province: 59.6 %59.6Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 58.8 %58.8Biscay provinceBiscay province: 58.6 %58.6Huesca provinceHuesca province: 58.3 %58.3Álava provinceÁlava province: 57.8 %57.8Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 57.6 %57.6Segovia provinceSegovia province: 57.6 %57.6La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 57.3 %57.3Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 57.1 %57.1Navarre provinceNavarre province: 56.7 %56.7Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 56.7 %56.7Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 56.6 %56.6Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 56.3 %56.3Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 55.8 %55.8Alicante provinceAlicante province: 55.1 %55.1Lleida provinceLleida province: 54.9 %54.9Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 54.8 %54.8Castellón provinceCastellón province: 54.4 %54.4Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 54.3 %54.3Girona provinceGirona province: 54.3 %54.3Toledo provinceToledo province: 54.3 %54.3Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 53.7 %53.7Valencia provinceValencia province: 53.6 %53.6Melilla provinceMelilla province: 53.4 %53.4Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 53.3 %53.3Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 53 %53Jaén provinceJaén province: 52.4 %52.4Seville provinceSeville province: 52 %52Madrid provinceMadrid province: 51.9 %51.9Málaga provinceMálaga province: 51.7 %51.7Murcia provinceMurcia province: 51.7 %51.7Granada provinceGranada province: 51.7 %51.7Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 50.6 %50.6Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 50.6 %50.6Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 50.5 %50.5Huelva provinceHuelva province: 49.9 %49.9Almería provinceAlmería province: 49.3 %49.3Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 46.4 %46.4Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 45.1 %45.1Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 42.1 %42.1
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Ourense province72.1+0.5 pts
2Zamora province69+0.7 pts
3Lugo province66.5+0.8 pts
4Salamanca province63.3+0.4 pts
5Ávila province63.1+0.3 pts
6Soria province63+0.3 pts
7León province62.3+0.7 pts
8Teruel province60.9+0.2 pts
9Gipuzkoa province60.4+0.2 pts
10A Coruña province60+0.6 pts
11Burgos province59.8+0.6 pts
12Asturias province59.8+1.1 pts
13Palencia province59.6+1 pts
14Valladolid province58.8+0.7 pts
15Biscay province58.6+0.2 pts
16Huesca province58.3+0.3 pts
17Álava province57.8+0.6 pts
18Cuenca province57.6-0.5 pts
18Segovia province57.6-0.1 pts
20La Rioja province57.3+0.3 pts
21Zaragoza province57.1-0.1 pts
22Navarre province56.7-0 pts
23Pontevedra province56.7+0.5 pts
24Cáceres province56.6+0.4 pts
25Cantabria province56.3+0.6 pts
26Tarragona province55.80 pts
27Alicante province55.1-0.1 pts
28Lleida province54.9-0 pts
29Ciudad Real province54.8+0.4 pts
30Castellón province54.40 pts
31Barcelona province54.3-0.4 pts
32Girona province54.3-0.1 pts
33Toledo province54.3-0 pts
34Córdoba province53.7+0.3 pts
35Valencia province53.6+0.1 pts
36Melilla province53.4-0.5 pts
37Badajoz province53.3+0.2 pts
38Albacete province53+0.1 pts
39Jaén province52.4+0.2 pts
40Seville province52+0.2 pts
41Madrid province51.9-0.1 pts
42Málaga province51.70 pts
43Murcia province51.7-0 pts
44Granada province51.70 pts
45Ceuta province50.6-0.2 pts
46Cádiz province50.6+0.4 pts
47Guadalajara province50.5-0 pts
48Huelva province49.9-0.1 pts
49Almería province49.30 pts
50Balearic Islands province46.4-0.2 pts
51Santa Cruz de Tenerife province45.1-0.1 pts
52Las Palmas province42.1-0.2 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 provinces 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=1490. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Provinces of Spain by dependency ratio using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"dependency_ratio","level":"province","within":"Spain","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=dependency_ratio&level=province&within=Spain&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which province has the highest dependency ratio?

Ourense province, with 72.1% in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest dependency ratio?

Las Palmas province, with 42.1% in 2019.

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.

Dependency ratio: other rankings

Provinces of Spain: more rankings