Greece vs Italy: Age dependency breakdown

Greece

37.3%

in 2023

Italy

38.0%

in 2023

Greece rank

11th

Italy rank

9th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Italy currently reports 38.0% against 37.3% in Greece, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Italy ahead.

Greece ranks 11th and Italy ranks 9th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Age dependency breakdown
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).