Japan

Capital: TokyoRegion: East Asia & PacificIncome: High income
GDP
$4.46T
2026
Population
124.0M
2024
GDP per Capita
$36K
2026
Life Expectancy
84.0 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$4.46T2026
Real GDP Growth (%)0.6%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$36K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$6.92T2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$56K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)3.16%2026
GNI (Current USD)$4.29T2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$36K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$55K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)28.6%2023
Services Value Added (% of GDP)69.8%2023
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.9%2023
Government Consumption (% of GDP)21.6%2022
Household Consumption (% of GDP)55.5%2022
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)26.2%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)31.1%2024
GDP Deflator (%)2.9%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$84K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)20.6%2023
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)54.7%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$31K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)3.6%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-0.9%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.0%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.03%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$1.21T2023

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.1%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)226.8%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-2.0%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)3.6%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)2.6%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)2.7%2024
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$1.23T2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)13.02024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)151.372024
Broad Money (% of GDP)267.4%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)46.4%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)23.6%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$917.04B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$952.04B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$707.01B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$743.50B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)0.4%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)5.0%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$16.16B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$4.64B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.1%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)17.6%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)4.8%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$194.26B2024

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit by Financial Sector (% of GDP)371.8%2024
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)196.8%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)156.7%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$6.31T2024
Stock Market Turnover (% of GDP)183.3%2024
Listed Domestic Companies3,9712024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)4.1%2022
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)1.2%2022
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)98.5%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)98.7%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)98.3%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population124.0M2024
Population Growth (%)-0.4%2024
Population Density (per km²)3422023
Surface Area (sq km)377,9692023
Land Area (sq km)364,5692023
Urban Population (%)92.2%2024
Urban Population (total)114.3M2024
Rural Population (%)7.8%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth84.0 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male81.1 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female87.1 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.22023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)6.02023
Death Rate (per 1,000)13.02023
Net Migration140,5792025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)11.4%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)58.8%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)29.8%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)70.1%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)65.72023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)36.72023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force69.4M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)63.4%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)55.9%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)71.5%2025
Unemployment (%)2.5%2025
Female Unemployment (%)2.3%2025
Male Unemployment (%)2.6%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)3.9%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)2.8%2025
Employment in Industry (%)23.2%2025
Employment in Services (%)74.0%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)7.5%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)90.9%2025
Employers (% of total employment)1.6%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)45.4%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)3.3%2021
Primary School Enrollment (%)102.5%2023
Secondary School Enrollment (%)102.3%2023
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)64.9%2023
Out-of-School Children, Primary3,9712023
Primary School Teachers440,8642023
Secondary School Teachers627,7772023
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary162017
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary112017
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)35.1%2016

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)10.7%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$4K2023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)9.1%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)12.2%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)2.62022
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)13.02022
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)12.62022
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)2.42023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)2.22023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)2.52023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)10.3%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)84.8%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)4.9%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)95.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)99.0%2024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)102024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)28.7%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)9.6%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)17.42021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)6.42020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)3,0392023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)7,6552023
Renewable Electricity Output (%)21.1%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)8.8%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)12.82020
Forest Area (%)68.4%2023
Forest Area (sq km)249,3502023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)15.1%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)13.8%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)99.2%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)99.9%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)12.6%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)6,2452023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)100.32022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)94.62022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)104.82022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)1.8M2023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)202.82023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)18.5%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)87.0%2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)38.62023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)32,928.82024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)3.41%2022
Patent Applications, Residents222,4522021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents66,7482021
Scientific Journal Articles103,7232022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$102.45B2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)4.8%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident22,0512021
Researchers in R&D (per million)5,6302022

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried120.3M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)8,4742023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)22.5M2022
Railways, Passengers (million km)263,2112020
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)18,3402020
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.902022
Electricity from Oil (%)3.0%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)8.4%2023

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)15.7%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)55.6%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)92.5%2025
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)1.72023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.002019

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption1.402023
Government Effectiveness1.632023
Regulatory Quality1.472023
Voice & Accountability1.112023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)90.1%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)96.7%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)92.5%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)81.5%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.4%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.4%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.22023

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)1.2%2020
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)1.5%2020
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)3.2%2020
Gini Index32.32020
Income Share, Top 10%23.9%2020
Income Share, Bottom 10%2.4%2020
Income Share, Top 20%39.0%2020
Income Share, Bottom 20%6.9%2020
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)0.4%2020
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)48.112020

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.802020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School11.7 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals4.1M2020
International Tourism, Departures3.2M2020
Tourism Receipts (USD)$11.39B2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$6.74B2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)1.4%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$798.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City37.0M2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)65.7%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)2.0%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)-1.8%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)99.2%2024