Japan vs Martinique: Old-age dependency ratio

Japan

50.1%

in 2023

Martinique

40.2%

in 2023

Japan rank

3rd

Martinique rank

5th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Japan currently reports 50.1% against 40.2% in Martinique, a difference of 10.0%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Martinique's.

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

Japan ranks 3rd and Martinique ranks 5th 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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