Gross Domestic Product of Japan fell -0.2% in 1999 compared to last year. This rate is 18 -tenths of one percent higher than the figure of -2% published in 1998,}.
The GDP figure in 1999 was €4,161,747$4,635,981 million, leaving Japan placed 2th in the ranking of GDP of the 195 countries that we publish. The absolute value of GDP in Japan rose €661,830$537,619 million with respect to 1998.
The GDP per capita of Japan in 1999 was €32,900$36,623, €5,200$4,186 higher than in 1998, it was €27,700$32,437. To view the evolution of the GDP per capita, it is interesting to look back a few years and compare these data with those of 1989 when the GDP per capita in Japan was €21,900$25,336.
If we order the countries according to their GDP per capita, Japan is very well positioned in terms of the standard of living of its population, coming 7th out of the 195 countries whose GDP we publish.
Here we show you the progression of the GDP in Japan. You can see GDP in other countries in GDP and see all the economic information about Japan in Japan's economy.