Italy | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
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. 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Italian Republic
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63
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Italy | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 14.52670159
1961 14.76742911
1962 14.95258909
1963 15.07407228
1964 15.25811192
1965 15.51425234
1966 15.81071451
1967 16.14946785
1968 16.47367922
1969 16.82001397
1970 17.23509396
1971 17.6799081
1972 18.09616078
1973 18.46989443
1974 18.86012904
1975 19.22561054
1976 19.55446649
1977 19.89634555
1978 20.24824215
1979 20.55700754
1980 20.58989482
1981 20.40659871
1982 20.11372802
1983 19.64922179
1984 19.30533105
1985 19.45374874
1986 19.90827107
1987 20.37185708
1988 20.8582977
1989 21.34582978
1990 21.82879031
1991 22.26721347
1992 22.74158308
1993 23.28244739
1994 23.81249361
1995 24.42324146
1996 25.05499262
1997 25.59353604
1998 26.09736533
1999 26.61074945
2000 27.15357405
2001 27.68122011
2002 28.19800313
2003 28.67431119
2004 29.1756786
2005 29.78724724
2006 30.32253387
2007 30.61444241
2008 30.77503231
2009 30.97228723
2010 31.15088697
2011 31.59476187
2012 32.27842065
2013 32.94722922
2014 33.64847629
2015 34.24656878
2016 34.74301395
2017 35.16897792
2018 35.57585737
2019 36.10445611
2020 36.65062012
2021 37.19365674
2022 37.87000789
Italy | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
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. 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