Japan vs Upper middle income: Age dependency ratio
Japan
70.2%
in 2025
Upper middle income
46.0%
in 2025
Japan rank
41st
Upper middle income rank
44th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Japan
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 70.2% against 46.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 24.2%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Japan ranks 41st and Upper middle income ranks 44th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Upper middle income in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.8% | 82.3% | 34.5% | Upper middle income |
| 1970s | 46.0% | 79.9% | 33.9% | Upper middle income |
| 1980s | 46.8% | 66.0% | 19.3% | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 43.8% | 57.6% | 13.8% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 51.4% | 47.9% | 3.5% | Japan |
| 2010s | 64.4% | 44.9% | 19.5% | Japan |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 46.6% | 23.5% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Japan or Upper middle income?
- Japan, at 70.2% against 46.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Japan and Upper middle income?
- 24.2%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Upper middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Japan ranks 41st and Upper middle income ranks 44th of 218 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.