Estonia vs Italy: Age dependency ratio
Estonia
58.9%
in 2025
Italy
58.1%
in 2025
Estonia rank
80th
Italy rank
83rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Estonia
- Italy
How they compare
Estonia currently reports 58.9% against 58.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.
Estonia ranks 80th and Italy ranks 83rd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.3% | 53.3% | 2.1% | Italy |
| 1970s | 51.5% | 56.7% | 5.2% | Italy |
| 1980s | 51.0% | 49.6% | 1.4% | Estonia |
| 1990s | 51.4% | 46.0% | 5.4% | Estonia |
| 2000s | 47.6% | 50.5% | 2.9% | Italy |
| 2010s | 52.9% | 55.0% | 2.0% | Italy |
| 2020s | 58.4% | 57.2% | 1.1% | Estonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Estonia or Italy?
- Estonia, at 58.9% against 58.1% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Estonia and Italy?
- 0.8%, with Estonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Italy?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Estonia and Italy rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Estonia ranks 80th 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.