Old-age dependency in Ciudad de Melilla

Name: Old-age dependency in Ciudad de Melilla
Creator: Eurostat
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In Ciudad de Melilla there were 18.7 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Old-age dependency ratio, by region People aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64 Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Ciudad de Melilla, 2025 18.7 People aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64

Change from 2024 +3.3% 2024: 18.1 per 100

Spain, 2025 31.2 per 100 Country total

Position in 2025 273rd of 294 See the full ranking

Old-age dependency in Ciudad de Melilla over time

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People aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Old-age dependency ratio, by region (people aged 65+ per 100 aged 15 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period	Ciudad de Melilla	Spain
2025	18.7 per 100	31.2 per 100
2024	18.1 per 100	30.8 per 100
2023	17.3 per 100	30.4 per 100
2022	16.6 per 100	30.2 per 100
2021	16.1 per 100	29.7 per 100
2020	15.9 per 100	29.5 per 100
2019	15.4 per 100	29.2 per 100
2018	15.2 per 100	29.0 per 100
2017	14.9 per 100	28.6 per 100
2016	14.7 per 100	28.2 per 100
2015	14.6 per 100	27.8 per 100
2014	14.5 per 100	27.2 per 100
2013	14.4 per 100	26.3 per 100
2012	14.6 per 100	25.7 per 100
2011	15.0 per 100	25.2 per 100
2010	15.3 per 100	24.6 per 100
2009	15.5 per 100	24.1 per 100
2008	15.6 per 100	23.8 per 100
2007	15.8 per 100	24.0 per 100
2006	16.1 per 100	24.2 per 100
2005	16.1 per 100	24.0 per 100
2004	16.2 per 100	24.4 per 100
2003	16.1 per 100	24.7 per 100
2002	15.7 per 100	24.8 per 100
2001	15.7 per 100	24.5 per 100

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In short

That is a change of +3.3% from 18.1 per 100 in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 14.6 per 100, the figure has changed by +28.1%.
Among the 294 regions with data for 2025, Ciudad de Melilla has the 273rd highest value.
The figure for Spain in 2025 was 31.2 per 100.