The reading right now

As of January 2024, Dependency ratio for Japan stood at 70.1. That is up 0.02 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 70, ranging from a low of 69.5 in January 2019 to a high of 70.3 in January 2021. The current reading sits 1.46 above its trailing ten-year mean of 68.7.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.