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Japan, is a country located at Eastern Asia, it has an area of 377,974 Km2.

Japan, with a population of 125,171,000 people, it is ranked at 11º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 331 people per km2.

It's capital is Tokyo and its currency is Japanese yen

Japan is the 4º largest economy by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 10,801,508 millions of euros (12,783,844 millions of dollars), ( 255.07% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €86,063 euros per inhabitant$101,858 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Japan was on March of 2024 and it was 2.7%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Japan, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.925 points in 2021, leaving it in 19th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Japan are business, you must know it's in the 39th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Japan, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Japan Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2023Q37,557K
Annual GDP [+]2022€4,020,892M
Annual GDP [+]2022$4,237,530M
GDP per capita [+]2022€32,123
GDP per capita [+]2022$33,854
Quarterly GDP [+]2023Q3€945,943M
Debt (M.€.) [+]202110,801,508
Debt ($M) [+]202112,783,844
Debt (%GDP) [+]2021255.07%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€86,063
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$101,858
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-260,450
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-308,249
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-6.15%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20211,808,354.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]20212,140,230.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2018131,316.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2018155,149.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20168.38%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022396,755,086,133.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]1998213,703,956,338.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201723.64%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202243,334.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202245,669.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.53%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202142.70%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€14,408
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$17,053
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€1,038
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$1,227
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€3,192
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$3,506
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€346
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$365
Moody's Rating [+]11/08/2023A1
S&P Rating [+]09/16/2015A+
Fitch Rating [+]02/02/2020A
Corruption Index [+]202273
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019
Fragile States Index [+]201834.5
RTI Raking [+]202284º
Innovation Ranking [+]201813º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]February 20242.6%
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q42.4%
Unemployed [+]2023Q41,670K
NMW [+]2022$1,266.7
NMW [+]2022€1,246.7
Average Wage [+]2022$39,319
Average Wage [+]2022€37,340
Human Capital Ranking [+]201717º
Markets
Euro / Japanese yen [+]04/26/2024168.0300
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/26/2024155.6300
10-Year Bond Yield [+]04/26/20240.88%
Risk Premium [+]04/26/2024-170
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]04/26/202445.41%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20242.7%
PPI Year on Year [+]March 20240.8%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/19/20240%
Business
Doing Business [+]201939º
IPI Year on Year [+]September 2018-1.1%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20223,448,297
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202233.56
Motor vehicle production [+]20227,835,519
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020609.48
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202134.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/202010.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202256.1%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201931,882,049
Exports [+]2023€663,382.1M
Exports [+]2023$717,315.1M
Exports % GDP [+]202217.64%
Imports [+]2023€726,546.4M
Imports [+]2023$785,614.7M
Imports % GDP [+]202221.19%
Trade balance [+]2023€-63,164.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$-68,299.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2022-3.55%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]2015
Density [+]2022331
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023
Remittance received ($M) [+]20174,578.5
% Immigrant [+]20202.20%
% Emigrant [+]20200.64%
Birth Rate [+]20216.60‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20179,137.7
Crude death rate [+]202111.70‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.30
Population [+]2022125,171,000
Immigrant stock [+]20202,770,996
Emigrant stock [+]2020808,825
HDI [+]20210.925
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023125º
Life expectancy [+]202184.45
Suicides [+]202020,243
Suicide rate [+]202016.00
Number of homicides [+]2021285
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20210.23
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20228.61
Annual crude oil production [+]20233
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202144.1
Consumption GWh [+]2022939,314
Generation GWh [+]2022991,367
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/14/202474,694
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/14/202433,803,572
Fully vaccinated [+]05/07/2023103,380,343
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/14/2024596.74
Doses administered [+]05/07/2023383,747,738