Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Italy's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.6% compared to 2023, reaching 38.4.

Italy accounts for 113.3% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

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 7.3% (from 35.8 in 2019).

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