Japan Age Dependency Ratio
Japan age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 70.12%.
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Interpretation
Japan recorded 70.12% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.02 percentage points, from 70.10% to 70.12%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (69.08%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is higher overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 66.02% in 2015 and the high was 70.26% in 2021.