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Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs by country

This dataset provides an indicator of dependency ratios for OECD Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities. Data sources and methodology Dependency ratios are derived from population by age and sex data collected at the level of small administrative units (e.g. municipalities) and aggregated at the FUA and city...

Countries reporting
2
Highest
19 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
Armenia
Lowest
17.6 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
Luxembourg
Median
18.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
Years covered
46
1980–2025
Data points
27,881

What the numbers show

Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs is currently reported for 2 countries. The highest value is 19 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years in Armenia; the lowest is 17.6 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years, and the mean is 18.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years.

Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 43.9%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 4.3%).

Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 19 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years 2019 up 43.9% rising
2 Luxembourg 17.6 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years 2022 down 4.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • Sumter 156.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Treviso 42.7 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Punta Gorda 81.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Coimbra 42.6 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Omuta 73.2 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Porto 37.5 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Indian River 69.6 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Braga 30.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Shimonoseki 67.8 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Toledo 27.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Hakodate 66.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Sacramento 25.8 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Collier 65.2 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Valparaíso 25.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Fréjus 64.9 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Nantes 23.6 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Asahikawa 63.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Santiago 19.2 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Sarasota 62.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Kushiro 62.2 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Ube 61.5 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Shunan 59.2 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Ashikaga 58.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Hitachi 57.9 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Nagasaki 57.4 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Flagler-Daytona Beach 56.9 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Aomori 56.5 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Kitakyushu 56.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • La Seyne-sur-Mer 56.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Akita 55.5 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Mosgiel 55.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Hachinohe 54.8 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Nagano 53.6 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Numazu 52.9 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Fukushima 52.7 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Kochi 52.4 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Wakayama 52.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Toyama 52.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Tokushima 52.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
  • Tomakomai 51.7 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years

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About this data

Indicator
Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs
Unit
Percentage of population aged 15-64 years
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
1,260 places, 27,881 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset provides an indicator of dependency ratios for OECD Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities. Data sources and methodology Dependency ratios are derived from population by age and sex data collected at the level of small administrative units (e.g. municipalities) and aggregated at the FUA and city level. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org