Italy: dependency ratio 2012-2024

In 2024, per 100 workers, there were 57.5 Italian citizens not in labor age. The dependency ratio in the country increased steadily in the past years. This may cause serious problems for the sustainability of the pension system. In fact, the more the index increases, the greater the pressure laborers have to bear in sustaining the welfare schemes. As a result, the share of the population who relies exclusively on families and pensions as their unique source of income extends, while the number of payers of social security contributions contracts.

Dependency ratio in Italy from 2012 to 2024

Characteristic	Dependency ratio
2024*	57.5%
2023	57.4%
2022	57.5%
2021	57.3%
2020	56.7%
2019	56.4%
2018	56.2%
2017	56.1%
2016	55.8%
2015	55.4%
2014	54.8%
2013	54.2%
2012	53.5%

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2024

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2012 to 2023

Supplementary notes

The dependency index is the ratio between those who are typically not part of the workforce (the dependent part, from zero to 14 years and from 65 years) and the economically productive part of the population from 15 to 64 years, percent.

*Estimate.

Release date set as date of last access.

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