Country comparison Japan vs Norway 2017

Japan			Norway
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	4,463,531M.€	335,505M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	4,938,644M.$	370,449M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	35,173€	64,100€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	38,917$	70,450$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q2	8,736€	16,480€	2017Q2	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]	2017Q2	1,108,619M.€	86,654M.€	2017Q2	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2015	9,398,439 M.€	103,302 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	10,427,568 M.$	114,613 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	237.97%	31.60%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	74,016 €	19,812 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	82,131$	23,468$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-138,771 M.€	10,084 M.€	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-153,966 M.$	11,162 M.$	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2015	-3.51%	3.00%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2015	1,446,998.7	171,239.1	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	1,605,445.0	189,544.6	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2014	131,060.5	29,048.3	2013	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2014	174,158.7	38,543.6	2013	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2014	9.29%	17.03%	2013	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	408,006.8	29,863.3	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	1998	213,704.0	10,567.6	1998	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	20.28%	18.21%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	41,717.3	5,432.2	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	46,157.9	5,998.0	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	5.44%	3.88%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2015	36.64%	51.10%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	11,396€	32,565€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	12,643$	36,047$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	1,031€	5,722€	2013	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	1,370$	7,563$	2013	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	3,214€	5,731€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	1998	1,690$	2,385$	1998	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	329€	1,038€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	364$	1,141$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	08/30/2016	A1	Aaa	03/04/2016	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	09/16/2015	A+	AAA	07/09/1975	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	04/27/2017	A	AAA	03/31/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	72	85	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	6º	11º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	36.0	20.8	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	91º	66º	11/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	16º	22º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	July 2017	2.8%	4.3%	June 2017	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q2	3.0%	4.4%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q2	2,000 m.	121 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2015	1,155.5 $
NMW [+]	2015	959.9 €
Average Wage [+]	2016	42,517€	60,730€	2016	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2015	41,352$	68,434$	2015	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	5º	2º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Japanese yen [+]	09/19/2017	133.4400	9.3420	09/19/2017	Euro / Norwegian krones [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	09/20/2017	0.03%	1.57%	09/20/2017	10-Year Bond Yield [+]
Risk Premium [+]	09/20/2017	-42	111	09/20/2017	Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/20/2017	6.26%	11.65%	09/19/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	December 2016	0.2%	3.5%	December 2016	CPI (overall index) [+]
			1.3%	August 2017	HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]	November 2016	-2.3%	1.4%	August 2017	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	10/05/2010	0.10%	0.50%	03/18/2016	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	34º	6º	2017	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	July 2017	5.2%	0.5%	July 2017	IPI Year on Year [+]
			154,837	June 2017	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
			37.98	June 2017	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]	2016	9,204,590
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	609.59	610.52	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2015	8.00%	25.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	56.1%	46.9%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	582,648.2 M.€	80,371.4 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	644,933.3 M.$	88,963.1 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	13.05%	23.96%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	548,312.2 M.€	65,349.0 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	606,926.8 M.$	72,334.8 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	12.28%	19.48%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	34,336.0 M.€	15,022.4 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	38,006.5 M.$	16,628.3 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	0.77%	4.48%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
			2.4%	July 2017	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	336	14	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	126,901,000	5,258,317	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	2,043,877	741,813	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	3,670.2	609.8	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	1.61%	14.23%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	8,866.8	2,235.4	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	797,496	193,477	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	0.63%	3.71%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.903	0.949	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	10º	14º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	111º	3º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	8º	2º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	7.90‰	11.20‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.46	1.72	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	10.20‰	7.80‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	83.84	82.40	2015	Life expectancy [+]
			4.50‰	2015	Crude marriage rate [+]
			1.90‰	2015	Crude divorce rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2014	395	29	2014	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2014	0.3	0.6	2014	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
			11.9%	2015	% risk of poverty [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	9.90	8.27	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Japan

Capital: Tokyo
Population: 126,901,000
Surface Area: 377,962 km2
Currency: Japanese yen (1 EUR=133.4400 JPY)
Belongs to: ACD, G20, G8, IMF, OECD, UN

Norway

Capital: Oslo
Population: 5,258,317
Surface Area: 385,178 km2
Currency: Norwegian krones (1 EUR=9.3420 NOK)
Belongs to: CoE, EEA, EFTA, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE