Finland vs Japan: Old-age dependency ratio

Finland

38.3%

in 2023

Japan

50.1%

in 2023

Finland rank

6th

Japan rank

3rd

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Japan currently reports 50.1% against 38.3% in Finland, a difference of 11.8%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 6th and Japan ranks 3rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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