Italy vs North America: Age dependency ratio, old
Italy
39.7%
in 2025
North America
28.8%
in 2025
Italy rank
5th
North America rank
7th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Italy
- North America
How they compare
Italy currently reports 39.7% against 28.8% in North America, a difference of 10.9%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.4 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North America ahead.
Italy ranks 5th and North America ranks 7th of 218 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.5% | 15.1% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1970s | 18.9% | 15.7% | 3.2% | Italy |
| 1980s | 20.2% | 17.2% | 3.0% | Italy |
| 1990s | 24.2% | 18.6% | 5.6% | Italy |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 18.3% | 11.0% | Italy |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 21.5% | 12.3% | Italy |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 26.7% | 11.2% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Italy or North America?
- Italy, at 39.7% against 28.8% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Italy and North America?
- 10.9%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and North America?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Italy and North America rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Italy ranks 5th and North America ranks 7th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.