China vs Japan: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , China's Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) was 21.15, compared to Japan's 50.66. That makes China's value 58.2% lower than Japan's.
China
Rank #66 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 21.15
- Year-over-year
- +2.1%
- 10-year change
- +57.6%
- Peak
- 21.15 (2024)
- Trough
- 10.99 (2005)
Japan
Rank #2 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 50.66
- Year-over-year
- +0.8%
- 10-year change
- +17.5%
- Peak
- 50.66 (2024)
- Trough
- 30.75 (2005)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.DPND.OL), CC BY 4.0.