Japan, is a country located at Eastern Asia, it has an area of 377,969 Km2.

Japan, with a population of 123,890,000 people, it is ranked at 12º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 328 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 2023 was 9,347,769 millions of euros (10,110,360 millions of dollars), ( 240.46% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €75,093 euros per inhabitant$81,219 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Japan was on November of 2025 and it was 2.9%.

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 0.92 points in 2022, leaving it in 24th place in the table of 193 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
GDP Growth (%) [+]20240.1%
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q37,789K
Annual GDP [+]2024€3,714,582M
Annual GDP [+]2024$4,027,598M
GDP per capita [+]2024€29,983
GDP per capita [+]2024$32,443
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q3€964,980M
Debt (M.€.) [+]20239,347,769
Debt ($M) [+]202310,110,360
Debt (%GDP) [+]2023240.46%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€75,093
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$81,219
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-87,884
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-95,053
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-2.26%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,522,830.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,647,063.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022130,970.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2022138,002.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20227.52%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2024335,021,650,434.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2023383,823.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202323.30%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202450,941.7
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202455,234.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20243.25%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202339.17%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€12,233
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$13,231
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€1,047
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$1,104
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2024€2,706
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$3,086
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€411
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$445
Moody's Rating [+]11/08/2023A1
S&P Rating [+]09/16/2015A+
Fitch Rating [+]02/02/2020A
Corruption Index [+]202373
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019
Fragile States Index [+]202430.2
RTI Raking [+]202484º
Innovation Ranking [+]202413º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]November 20252.6%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q42.3%
Unemployed [+]2024Q41,630K
NMW [+]2024$1,296.7
NMW [+]2024€1,168.9
Average Wage [+]2024$35,850
Average Wage [+]2024€33,122
Human Capital Ranking [+]201717º
Markets
Euro / Japanese yen [+]01/16/2026183.6700
US Dollar exchange rate [+]01/16/2026158.2000
10-Year Bond Yield [+]01/16/20262.19%
Risk Premium [+]01/16/2026-66
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]01/17/20267.14%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]November 20252.9%
PPI Year on Year [+]December 20252.4%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/19/20240%
Business
Doing Business [+]201939º
IPI Year on Year [+]September 2018-1.1%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20233,992,727
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202338.39
Motor vehicle production [+]20238,997,440
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020609.48
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202234.4%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/202010.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202256.1%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201931,882,049
Exports [+]2023€663,332.0M
Exports [+]2023$717,260.9M
Exports % GDP [+]202317.06%
Imports [+]2023€726,714.4M
Imports [+]2023$785,796.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202318.69%
Trade balance [+]2023€-63,382.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$-68,299.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-1.63%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]2015
Density [+]2024328
Global Peace Ranking [+]202417º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20174,578.5
% Immigrant [+]20202.20%
% Emigrant [+]20200.64%
Birth Rate [+]20236.00‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20179,137.7
Crude death rate [+]202313.00‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.20
Population [+]2024123,890,000
Immigrant stock [+]20202,770,996
Emigrant stock [+]2020808,825
HDI [+]20220.920
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2024118º
Life expectancy [+]202384.04
Suicides [+]202120,291
Suicide rate [+]202116.20
Number of homicides [+]2023285
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.23
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20237.54
Annual crude oil production [+]20243
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202144.1
Consumption GWh [+]2023913,231
Generation GWh [+]2023955,021
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]12/21/202574,694
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]12/21/202533,803,572
Fully vaccinated [+]12/31/2023103,455,224
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]12/21/2025602.91
Doses administered [+]12/31/2023433,356,600