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

Japan, with a population of 124,482,000 people, it is ranked at 12º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 329 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 9,347,768 millions of euros (10,110,359 millions of dollars), ( 239.97% 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 March of 2025 and it was 3.6%.

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

Tokyo: Monthly Temp.
Tokyo: Monthly Rainfall
Japan Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q47,660K
Annual GDP [+]2024€3,720,897M
Annual GDP [+]2024$4,026,211M
GDP per capita [+]2024€30,034
GDP per capita [+]2024$32,498
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€953,508M
Debt (M.€.) [+]20239,347,768
Debt ($M) [+]202310,110,359
Debt (%GDP) [+]2023239.97%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€75,093
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$81,219
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-88,077
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-95,262
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-2.26%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,523,023.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,647,271.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021147,317.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2021174,354.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20217.43%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2023370,788,470,471.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022418,164.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202223.42%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202346,591.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202350,392.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.82%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202339.10%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€12,235
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$13,233
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€1,174
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$1,389
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€2,996
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$3,345
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€374
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$405
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 [+]March 20252.5%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q42.3%
Unemployed [+]2024Q41,630K
NMW [+]2024$1,296.7
NMW [+]2024€1,168.9
Average Wage [+]2023$37,362
Average Wage [+]2024€33,122
Human Capital Ranking [+]201717º
Markets
Euro / Japanese yen [+]05/15/2025163.3000
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/15/2025146.3000
10-Year Bond Yield [+]05/15/20251.47%
Risk Premium [+]05/15/2025-114
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]05/15/2025-5.27%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20253.6%
PPI Year on Year [+]April 20254.0%
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 [+]202317.03%
Imports [+]2023€726,714.4M
Imports [+]2023$785,796.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202318.66%
Trade balance [+]2023€-63,382.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$-68,299.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-1.63%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]2015
Density [+]2023329
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 [+]2023124,482,000
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 [+]2022289
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20220.23
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20237.54
Annual crude oil production [+]20243
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202144.1
Consumption GWh [+]2023902,769
Generation GWh [+]2023944,559
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202474,694
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/202433,803,572
Fully vaccinated [+]05/07/2023103,380,343
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024600.04
Doses administered [+]05/07/2023383,747,738