In 2024, Japanese senior households, comprising at least one person aged 65 years and over, spent an average of about 60.3 thousand Japanese yen on food in a month. Transportation and communication was the second-highest monthly consumption expenditure of elderly households in Japan.
Average of monthly consumption expenditures of aged households in Japan in 2024, by category
(in 1,000 Japanese yen)
including workers' and other/no occupation households
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
Aged households refer to:
1. One-person households comprising aged 65 years and over.
2. Households consisting of only male aged 65 years and over and/or female aged 60 years and over, and one of household members aged 65 years and over.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.64 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of February 2025.
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e-Stat (Japan). (February 7, 2025). Average of monthly consumption expenditures of aged households in Japan in 2024, by category (in 1,000 Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242950/japan-average-monthly-consumption-spending-senior-household-by-category/
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e-Stat (Japan). (2025). Average of monthly consumption expenditures of aged households in Japan in 2024, by category (in 1,000 Japanese yen) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242950/japan-average-monthly-consumption-spending-senior-household-by-category/
e-Stat (Japan). "Average of Monthly Consumption Expenditures of Aged Households in Japan in 2024, by Category (in 1,000 Japanese Yen) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242950/japan-average-monthly-consumption-spending-senior-household-by-category/
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Average of monthly consumption expenditures of aged households in Japan in 2024, by category (in 1,000 Japanese yen) [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), February 7, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242950/japan-average-monthly-consumption-spending-senior-household-by-category/
