Italy vs Portugal: Old-age dependency ratio

Italy

38.0%

in 2023

Portugal

38.2%

in 2023

Italy rank

9th

Portugal rank

7th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Portugal currently reports 38.2% against 38.0% in Italy, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 9th and Portugal ranks 7th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
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).