Official Belgian data, explained
Total dependency ratio by municipality in Belgium (2026)
This page maps Total dependency ratio for one nationally comparable 2026 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Population
What this indicator measures
Residents aged 0-14 and 65+ divided by residents aged 15-64 × 100.
Official Statbel measure for Total dependency ratio.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2026
- Geography
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2026
- Measure
- Ratio
- Unit
- %
- Comparable areas
- 565
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 59.5%
- Unweighted area mean
- 59.6%
- Minimum
- 29.1%
- Maximum
- 114.5%
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 59.5 %. Values extend from 29.1 to 114.5 %. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 29.1–51.837 areas
- 51.8–54.441 areas
- 54.4–56.556 areas
- 56.5–59.2134 areas
- 59.2–114.5297 areas
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 29.1–32.7 | 3 |
| 32.7–36.2 | 0 |
| 36.2–39.8 | 1 |
| 39.8–43.3 | 2 |
| 43.3–46.9 | 8 |
| 46.9–50.5 | 12 |
| 50.5–54 | 41 |
| 54–57.6 | 112 |
| 57.6–61.1 | 190 |
| 61.1–64.7 | 128 |
| 64.7–68.2 | 40 |
| 68.2–71.8 | 15 |
| 71.8–75.4 | 4 |
| 75.4–78.9 | 2 |
| 78.9–82.5 | 0 |
| 82.5–86 | 1 |
| 86–89.6 | 2 |
| 89.6–93.1 | 2 |
| 93.1–96.7 | 0 |
| 96.7–100.2 | 1 |
| 100.2–103.8 | 0 |
| 103.8–107.4 | 0 |
| 107.4–110.9 | 0 |
| 110.9–114.5 | 1 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 565 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Koksijde | 38014 | 114.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Nieuwpoort | 38016 | 97.9 % |
| Highest | 3 | De Haan | 35029 | 92.3 % |
| Highest | 4 | Knokke-Heist | 31043 | 91.6 % |
| Highest | 5 | De Panne | 38008 | 87.5 % |
| Highest | 6 | Middelkerke | 35011 | 87.2 % |
| Highest | 7 | Blankenberge | 31004 | 84.1 % |
| Highest | 8 | Sint-Martens-Latem | 44064 | 77.6 % |
| Highest | 9 | Oostende | 35013 | 75.5 % |
| Highest | 10 | Hove | 11021 | 74.3 % |
| Lowest | 565 | Ixelles | 21009 | 29.1 % |
| Lowest | 564 | Saint-Gilles | 21013 | 30.5 % |
| Lowest | 563 | Etterbeek | 21005 | 32.4 % |
| Lowest | 562 | Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | 21014 | 36.5 % |
| Lowest | 561 | Bruxelles | 21004 | 40.3 % |
| Lowest | 560 | Schaerbeek | 21015 | 41.8 % |
| Lowest | 559 | Forest | 21007 | 43.4 % |
| Lowest | 558 | Leuven | 24062 | 44.1 % |
| Lowest | 557 | Etalle | 85009 | 46.2 % |
| Lowest | 556 | Martelange | 81013 | 46.4 % |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Reference population on 1 January.
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