Original title: Numbers to read in a week
29.1%
Demographic data recently released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan show that the proportion of Japanese people over 65 years old in the total population has reached 29.1%, once again breaking the country’s historical record and ranking first in the world. According to statistics, as of September 15, there were 36.23 million elderly people over 65 years old in Japan, a decrease of 10,000 compared with the same period last year. This is the first decrease in the number of elderly people in Japan since 1950. In addition, Japan’s elderly employed population reached 9.12 million last year, increasing for 19 consecutive years and setting a new historical record. The employment rate of Japan’s elderly is 25.2%, which is at a high level among major developed countries.
70 times
A report released by the Malaysian Department of Statistics on the 20th stated that in 2022, Malaysia’s domestic tourism consumption will increase by 417.8% compared with 2021, and Malaysian people’s outbound travel consumption will increase by 114%. Among Malaysia’s domestic tourism consumption, foreign tourists accounted for 36.1%, an increase of 70 times compared with 2021. The report points out that foreign tourists arriving in Malaysia in 2022 will be most interested in shopping, spending about one-third of their tourism expenditures.
4.0%
Data released by Statistics Canada on September 19 showed that the country’s consumer price index (CPI) increased by 4.0% year-on-year in August this year. This shows that the country’s inflation rate is still accelerating. Statistics Canada pointed out that the main reason for the increase in inflation in August was the 0.8% year-on-year increase in gasoline prices. This is the first year-on-year increase in gasoline prices since January this year. Prior to this, the Bank of Canada announced that it would maintain its benchmark interest rate at 5% and continue to implement quantitative tightening policies.
(edited by Guo Ji)
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2023-09-21 20:54:00
