Japan vs Malta: Age dependency ratio, young
Japan
19.1%
in 2025
Malta
19.4%
in 2025
Japan rank
209th
Malta rank
206th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Japan
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 19.4% against 19.1% in Japan, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malta ahead.
Japan ranks 209th and Malta ranks 206th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Malta in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.5% | 53.8% | 15.3% | Malta |
| 1970s | 34.5% | 38.3% | 3.8% | Malta |
| 1980s | 31.7% | 35.8% | 4.1% | Malta |
| 1990s | 23.0% | 33.0% | 9.9% | Malta |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 25.6% | 4.6% | Malta |
| 2010s | 21.2% | 21.1% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 2020s | 20.0% | 19.5% | 0.5% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Japan or Malta?
- Malta, at 19.4% against 19.1% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Japan and Malta?
- 0.3%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malta?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Malta rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Japan ranks 209th and Malta ranks 206th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, young (% 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, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.