Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2021, Italy's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.6% compared to 2020, reaching 37.0.

Italy accounts for 113.5% of the EU-27 total of 32.6.

Italy ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.2% (from 34.5 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.