Egypt vs Italy: Age dependency ratio
Egypt
58.3%
in 2025
Italy
58.1%
in 2025
Egypt rank
82nd
Italy rank
83rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Egypt
- Italy
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 58.3% against 58.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.2%.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 82nd and Italy ranks 83rd of 218 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.7% | 53.3% | 31.3% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 82.3% | 56.7% | 25.6% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 82.4% | 49.6% | 32.8% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 76.5% | 46.0% | 30.5% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 64.1% | 50.5% | 13.5% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 61.7% | 55.0% | 6.7% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 60.1% | 57.2% | 2.8% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Egypt or Italy?
- Egypt, at 58.3% against 58.1% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Egypt and Italy?
- 0.2%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Italy?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Italy rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Egypt ranks 82nd and Italy ranks 83rd of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% 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 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.