Italy | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Italian Republic
Records
63
Source
Italy | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 52.72295243
1961 52.92733409
1962 52.74212606
1963 52.50224095
1964 52.56376236
1965 52.90266352
1966 53.36418566
1967 53.95652309
1968 54.54211718
1969 55.12378202
1970 55.69315467
1971 56.18510429
1972 56.63871934
1973 57.04251928
1974 57.37403836
1975 57.48718288
1976 57.38610019
1977 57.17805456
1978 56.81469027
1979 56.1831186
1980 55.05526435
1981 53.61942186
1982 52.11392947
1983 50.49023132
1984 48.99729511
1985 48.12936816
1986 47.63440619
1987 47.12135822
1988 46.70034574
1989 46.31053318
1990 45.9735756
1991 45.2957211
1992 44.88405263
1993 45.1233601
1994 45.3975477
1995 45.83782543
1996 46.36626311
1997 46.83363177
1998 47.28554498
1999 47.78193318
2000 48.33130338
2001 48.86178181
2002 49.43162484
2003 49.93816672
2004 50.44497791
2005 51.13175673
2006 51.73969503
2007 52.04113315
2008 52.20806589
2009 52.45645969
2010 52.65693749
2011 53.11662531
2012 53.83653847
2013 54.50512467
2014 55.15141374
2015 55.62483709
2016 55.93231194
2017 56.14041237
2018 56.29440839
2019 56.54793364
2020 56.81374017
2021 57.0653073
2022 57.44022003
Italy | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Italian Republic
Records
63
Source