In a survey conducted in Japan in 2022, the average amount of debt per household with children was 11.85 million Japanese yen. Households consisting of single mothers and a child below the age of 20 reported 2.47 million yen of debt on average.
Average amount of debt per household in Japan in 2022, by type of household
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Excluding households that did not know whether they had debt, and households that had debt but did not know the amount of their debt.
Senior households: households consisting solely of persons aged 65 years or older, and those that include unmarried persons under 18 years of age.
Mother and child households: households consisting solely of a woman under 65 years of age who does not have a spouse due to bereavement, divorce, or other reasons (including unmarried households and including cases where the spouse has been missing for a long time) and a child under 20 years of age (including adopted children).
100 Japanese yen equal 0.67 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of October 2023.
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MHLW (Japan). (July 4, 2023). Average amount of debt per household in Japan in 2022, by type of household (in million Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419762/japan-average-debt-per-household-by-household-type/
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