Italy vs Post-demographic dividend: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Italy
39.7%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend
33.6%
in 2025
Italy rank
5th
Post-demographic dividend rank
3rd
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) over time
- Italy
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Italy currently reports 39.7% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 6.1%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Post-demographic dividend's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.5% | 14.7% | 0.9% | Italy |
| 1970s | 18.9% | 16.7% | 2.2% | Italy |
| 1980s | 20.2% | 17.8% | 2.4% | Italy |
| 1990s | 24.2% | 20.0% | 4.2% | Italy |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 22.5% | 6.7% | Italy |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 26.9% | 6.9% | Italy |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 31.8% | 6.1% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Italy or Post-demographic dividend?
- Italy, at 39.7% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Italy and Post-demographic dividend?
- 6.1%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Post-demographic dividend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Italy ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd 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.