# Autonomous communities of Spain by dependency ratio, 2025

All 19 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=1453)
- 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=1453. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/dependency-ratio/spain-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/dependency-ratio/spain-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Castile and León | 64.1 |
| 2 | Asturias | 64.1 |
| 3 | Galicia | 62.6 |
| 4 | Basque Country | 59.6 |
| 5 | Cantabria | 58.6 |
| 6 | La Rioja | 57.8 |
| 7 | Aragon | 57.3 |
| 8 | Extremadura | 56.8 |
| 9 | Navarre | 56.4 |
| 10 | Castilla-La Mancha | 53.5 |
| 11 | Valencian Community | 53.1 |
| 12 | Catalonia | 51.8 |
| 13 | Andalusia | 51.5 |
| 14 | Melilla | 50.8 |
| 15 | Region of Murcia | 50.6 |
| 16 | Community of Madrid | 49.8 |
| 17 | Ceuta | 47.2 |
| 18 | Balearic Islands | 45.3 |
| 19 | Canary Islands | 43.6 |