Italy - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Italy was 56.96 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 57.12 in 1976 and 45.65 in 1991.

Definition: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 52.89
1961 53.07
1962 53.09
1963 53.04
1964 53.08
1965 53.28
1966 53.74
1967 54.18
1968 54.65
1969 55.17
1970 55.71
1971 56.09
1972 56.49
1973 56.85
1974 57.07
1975 57.08
1976 57.12
1977 56.93
1978 56.46
1979 55.69
1980 54.64
1981 53.36
1982 51.87
1983 50.31
1984 48.87
1985 47.67
1986 46.99
1987 46.51
1988 46.16
1989 45.89
1990 45.66
1991 45.65
1992 45.69
1993 45.78
1994 45.92
1995 46.12
1996 46.48
1997 46.86
1998 47.28
1999 47.77
2000 48.39
2001 48.86
2002 49.44
2003 50.07
2004 50.65
2005 51.12
2006 51.58
2007 51.87
2008 52.07
2009 52.31
2010 52.68
2011 53.21
2012 53.80
2013 54.42
2014 54.98
2015 55.43
2016 55.86
2017 56.19
2018 56.45
2019 56.69
2020 56.96

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Italy was 36.57 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.57 in 2020 and a minimum value of 14.56 in 1960.

Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 14.56
1961 14.78
1962 14.98
1963 15.18
1964 15.38
1965 15.61
1966 15.92
1967 16.24
1968 16.57
1969 16.94
1970 17.33
1971 17.71
1972 18.07
1973 18.42
1974 18.77
1975 19.14
1976 19.57
1977 20.03
1978 20.42
1979 20.65
1980 20.66
1981 20.54
1982 20.21
1983 19.80
1984 19.50
1985 19.41
1986 19.68
1987 20.10
1988 20.63
1989 21.17
1990 21.66
1991 22.20
1992 22.72
1993 23.21
1994 23.70
1995 24.20
1996 24.77
1997 25.33
1998 25.89
1999 26.49
2000 27.13
2001 27.66
2002 28.22
2003 28.78
2004 29.29
2005 29.71
2006 30.08
2007 30.34
2008 30.54
2009 30.80
2010 31.19
2011 31.66
2012 32.24
2013 32.89
2014 33.53
2015 34.12
2016 34.66
2017 35.14
2018 35.59
2019 36.06
2020 36.57

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Italy was 20.38 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.43 in 1973 and a minimum value of 20.38 in 2020.

Definition: Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 38.34
1961 38.29
1962 38.11
1963 37.86
1964 37.70
1965 37.67
1966 37.82
1967 37.95
1968 38.08
1969 38.23
1970 38.39
1971 38.38
1972 38.42
1973 38.43
1974 38.29
1975 37.93
1976 37.55
1977 36.90
1978 36.03
1979 35.04
1980 33.98
1981 32.82
1982 31.66
1983 30.51
1984 29.37
1985 28.26
1986 27.32
1987 26.40
1988 25.52
1989 24.72
1990 24.00
1991 23.45
1992 22.97
1993 22.57
1994 22.22
1995 21.92
1996 21.71
1997 21.53
1998 21.39
1999 21.29
2000 21.26
2001 21.20
2002 21.22
2003 21.29
2004 21.36
2005 21.41
2006 21.50
2007 21.53
2008 21.53
2009 21.51
2010 21.50
2011 21.55
2012 21.56
2013 21.53
2014 21.45
2015 21.32
2016 21.20
2017 21.05
2018 20.85
2019 20.63
2020 20.38

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population