Italy vs OECD members: Age dependency ratio, old
Italy
39.7%
in 2025
OECD members
29.5%
in 2025
Italy rank
5th
OECD members rank
6th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Italy
- OECD members
How they compare
Italy currently reports 39.7% against 29.5% in OECD members, a difference of 10.2%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.3 times OECD members's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 5th and OECD members ranks 6th of 218 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.5% | 14.1% | 1.5% | Italy |
| 1970s | 18.9% | 15.6% | 3.2% | Italy |
| 1980s | 20.2% | 16.4% | 3.8% | Italy |
| 1990s | 24.2% | 18.1% | 6.1% | Italy |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 20.1% | 9.1% | Italy |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 23.7% | 10.1% | Italy |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 27.9% | 10.1% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Italy or OECD members?
- Italy, at 39.7% against 29.5% in OECD members as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Italy and OECD members?
- 10.2%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and OECD members?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Italy and OECD members rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Italy ranks 5th and OECD members ranks 6th 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.