Italy | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 38.19625084
1961 38.15990497
1962 37.78953697
1963 37.42816867
1964 37.30565044
1965 37.38841118
1966 37.55347115
1967 37.80705524
1968 38.06843796
1969 38.30376804
1970 38.45806071
1971 38.50519619
1972 38.54255856
1973 38.57262485
1974 38.51390932
1975 38.26157234
1976 37.8316337
1977 37.28170901
1978 36.56644813
1979 35.62611107
1980 34.46536953
1981 33.21282315
1982 32.00020144
1983 30.84100953
1984 29.69196406
1985 28.67561942
1986 27.72613512
1987 26.74950114
1988 25.84204803
1989 24.9647034
1990 24.14478529
1991 23.02850763
1992 22.14246955
1993 21.84091271
1994 21.58505409
1995 21.41458396
1996 21.31127049
1997 21.24009573
1998 21.18817966
1999 21.17118373
2000 21.17772933
2001 21.18056171
2002 21.23362172
2003 21.26385552
2004 21.26929931
2005 21.34450948
2006 21.41716116
2007 21.42669074
2008 21.43303358
2009 21.48417246
2010 21.50605052
2011 21.52186344
2012 21.55811782
2013 21.55789544
2014 21.50293745
2015 21.37826831
2016 21.18929799
2017 20.97143445
2018 20.71855102
2019 20.44347753
2020 20.16312005
2021 19.87165056
2022 19.57021214
Italy | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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