In 2020, there were approximately 4.4 million private one-person households with a female household member 65 years of age and older in Japan, the highest number in history. Within only one decade, that number increased by approximately one million.
Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 21, 2022). Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. September 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2022). Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Female Elderly One-person Households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/