Japan vs Rwanda: Age dependency ratio
Japan
70.2%
in 2025
Rwanda
69.6%
in 2025
Japan rank
41st
Rwanda rank
43rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Japan
- Rwanda
How they compare
Japan currently reports 70.2% against 69.6% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.
Japan ranks 41st and Rwanda ranks 43rd of 217 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.8% | 112.6% | 64.8% | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 46.0% | 98.9% | 52.9% | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 46.8% | 101.6% | 54.8% | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 43.8% | 107.3% | 63.5% | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 51.4% | 86.1% | 34.7% | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 64.4% | 79.1% | 14.7% | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 71.8% | 1.6% | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Japan or Rwanda?
- Japan, at 70.2% against 69.6% in Rwanda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Japan and Rwanda?
- 0.6%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Rwanda?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Rwanda rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Japan ranks 41st and Rwanda ranks 43rd of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.