fourth-largest, trade-oriented, and diversified economy; highly indebted country; slow wage growth and declining labor force; still heavily hydrocarbon-reliant; central bank keeping negative interest rates amid modest inflation; increased military spending; stagnant tourism sector
$5.126 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
$5.042 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
$5.28 trillion (2019 est.)
1.66% (2021 est.)
-4.51% (2020 est.)
-0.24% (2019 est.)
$40,800 (2021 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
$39,900 (2020 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
$41,700 (2019 est.)
$5,078,679,000,000 (2019 est.)
-0.23% (2021 est.)
-0.02% (2020 est.)
0.47% (2019 est.)
Fitch rating: A (2015)
Moody's rating: A1 (2014)
Standard & Poors rating: A+ (2015)
note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.
agriculture: 1.1% (2017 est.)
industry: 30.1% (2017 est.)
services: 68.7% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 55.5% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 19.6% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 24% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 0% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 17.7% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -16.8% (2017 est.)
rice, milk, sugar beets, vegetables, eggs, poultry, potatoes, cabbages, onions, pork
among world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods
-4.33% (2020 est.)
68.629 million (2021 est.)
2.8% (2021 est.)
2.8% (2020 est.)
2.4% (2019 est.)
total: 4.4% (2021 est.)
male: 4.6%
female: 4.1%
16.1% (2013 est.)
32.9 (2013 est.)
on food: 16% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 2.3% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 24.8% (2008)
0.11% of GDP (2021 est.)
0.1% of GDP (2020 est.)
0.09% of GDP (2019 est.)
revenues: $1.756 trillion (2019 est.)
expenditures: $1.916 trillion (2019 est.)
-3.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
216.28% of GDP (2020 est.)
197.8% of GDP (2019 est.)
197.45% of GDP (2018 est.)
35.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
1 April - 31 March
$157.743 billion (2021 est.)
$147.948 billion (2020 est.)
$176.61 billion (2019 est.)
$919.158 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$794.291 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$904.632 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
China 21%, US 18%, South Korea 7%, Taiwan 7%, Thailand 4% (2021)
cars and vehicle parts, integrated circuits, general machinery, photo lab equipment, construction vehicles, semiconductors (2021)
$941.671 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$801.889 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$913.248 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
China 24%, US 10%, Australia 7%, South Korea 4%, Taiwan 4% (2021)
crude petroleum, natural gas, integrated circuits, coal, refined petroleum, iron (2021)
$1.406 trillion (31 December 2021 est.)
$1.391 trillion (31 December 2020 est.)
$1.322 trillion (31 December 2019 est.)
$4,254,271,000,000 (2019 est.)
$3,944,898,000,000 (2018 est.)
yen (JPY) per US dollar -
Exchange rates:
109.754 (2021 est.)
106.775 (2020 est.)
109.01 (2019 est.)
110.423 (2018 est.)
112.166 (2017 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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