All countries · JPN
Japan
East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Tokyo
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old84.0years
Ranks 10 of 217 in 2024
12% above world median · 15% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old2.4per 1,000 live births
Ranks 6 of 196 in 2024
84% below world median · 86% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old3per 100,000 live births
Ranks 6 of 194 in 2023
94% below world median · 96% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2010 · 16 years old7.1% of under-5s
Ranks 7 of 42 in 2010
77% below world median · 69% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 42 countries reporting in 2010 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old10.74% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
70% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.15births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
39% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Primary enrolment
2023 · 3 years old101.1% gross
Ranks 75 of 166 in 2023
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Education spending
2021 · 5 years old3.34% of GDP
Ranks 117 of 168 in 2021
21% below world median · 24% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 168 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old35,951current US$
Ranks 33 of 186 in 2025
3.6× above world median · 4.4× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old55,422international $
Ranks 39 of 185 in 2025
1.7× above world median · 2.4× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2020 · 6 years old1.2% of population
Ranks 44 of 70 in 2020
85% above world median · 33% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 70 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2020 · 6 years old32.3index, 0–100
Ranks 26 of 70 in 2020
6% below world median · 8% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 70 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old2.5% of labour force
Ranks 24 of 182 in 2025
52% below world median · 20% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old3.2% per year
Not ranked — no better end
4% above world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old1.37% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
14% below world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old98.7% of population
Ranks 34 of 148 in 2024
22% above world median · 58% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old85.5% of population
Ranks 77 of 182 in 2024
4% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old7.84t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
2.1× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old123.4mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
17.8× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Japan has no figure in this dataset for Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.