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International Rankings of Japan - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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This table lists the international rankings of Japan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Japan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 32 33.85 2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 4 42.502 million N/A
Internet users - percent of population 40 84.59 % 2018
Internet users - total 7 106.726 million N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 15 49.97 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 4 62.743 million N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 24 148.55 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 8 186.514 million N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures 4 1.885 trillion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 4 1.714 trillion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 64 3.50 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 2 185.644 billion US Dollars 2019
Debt - external 8 4.254 trillion US Dollars 2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score 38 65 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score 23 78 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score 63 86 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score 37 86 2020
Exports 5 1.084 trillion US Dollars 2019
GDP (official exchange rate) 4 5.079 trillion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 155 17.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 52 19.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 127 55.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 12 16.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 55 24.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 140 1.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 64 30.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 59 68.70 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 94 33 % 2013
Gross national saving 43 28 2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 88 24.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 24 2.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 5 1.032 trillion US Dollars 2019
Industrial production growth rate 73 1.40 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 82 0.40 % 2019
Labor force 9 66.540 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 125 3 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 32 26 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 45 71 % 2015
Population below poverty line 110 16 % 2013
Public debt 1 237.60 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 4 5.231 trillion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 117 0.70 % 2019
Real GDP per capita 43 41429 US Dollars 2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2 1.264 trillion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 55 35.20 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 151 2.36 % 2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy 6 1.268 billion 2017
Crude oil - imports 5 3.208 million 2017
Crude oil - production 75 3200 2018
Crude oil - proved reserves 71 44.120 million 2018
Electricity - consumption 5 943.700 billion kWh 2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels 28 71 2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants 61 8 2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels 18 1 2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources 21 20 2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity 5 295.900 million kWh 2016
Electricity - production 6 989.300 billion 2016
Natural gas - consumption 6 127.200 billion cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - exports 47 169.900 million cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - imports 3 116.600 billion cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - production 57 3.058 billion cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - proved reserves 69 20.900 billion 2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption 5 3.894 million 2017
Refined petroleum products - exports 25 370900 bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - imports 6 1.100 million bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - production 6 3.467 million bbl/day 2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 5 1136 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 53 30 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 153 11 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 156 13 2018
Land use - arable land 86 12 2018
Land use - forest 14 69 2018
Land use - other 124 19 2018
Land use - permanent crops 77 1 2018
Total renewable water resources 27 430.000 billion 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 11 54.430 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 10 11.610 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 7 15.410 billion cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 170 0.25 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 15 92 2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 8 43.981 million tons 2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 25 2.155 million tons 2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 72 4.90 % 2015
Geography
Area - land 63 364485 sq km N/A
Area - total 63 377915 sq km N/A
Area - water 38 13430 sq km N/A
Coastline 7 29751 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 36 3776 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 79 438 meters N/A
Irrigated land 24 24690 sq km 2012
Land use - agricultural land 156 13 2018
Land use - arable land 86 12 2018
Land use - forest 14 69 2018
Land use - other 124 19 2018
Land use - permanent crops 77 1 2018
Total renewable water resources 27 430.000 billion 2017
Population Density 37 342.09 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 59 1 % of GDP 2020
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 193 9.47 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 153 36.80 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 62 12.06 0732
Birth rate 204 7.00 births/1,000 population 2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate 86 39.80 % 2015
Current Health Expenditure 11 11 % of GDP 2018
Death rate 18 11.44 deaths/1,000 population 2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 1 48.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 119 2.10 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 44 69.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 161 21.00 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 46 3 % of GDP 2017
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 58 30000 2020
Hospital bed density 4 13.10 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 206 1.81 deaths/1,000 live births 2021
Infant mortality rate - male 211 2.02 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 208 1.92 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 4 88 years 2021
Life expectancy at birth - male 4 82 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 4 85 years N/A
Maternal mortality rate 110 5.00 2017
Median age - female 2 50 years 2020
Median age - male 3 47 years N/A
Median age - total 2 49 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 6 31 2018
Net migration rate 61 0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 138 4.30 % 2016
Physicians density 63 2.41 physicians/1,000 population 2016
Population 11 124.687 million 2021
Population growth rate 159 0.37 % 2021
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 7 15 years 2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 6 15 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 7 15 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 9 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 13 1.11 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 27 0.98 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 22 1.00 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 33 0.78 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 23 0.94 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 137 1.38 children born/woman 2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female 135 4 2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male 125 4 N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total 133 4 N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 171 0.25 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 15 92 2021
Transportation
Airports 32 175 2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 18 38 2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 6 45 2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 21 28 2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 21 6 2017
Airports - with paved runways - total 15 142 2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 15 25 2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 53 5 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 64 33 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 42 28 2013
Heliports 13 16 2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 6 9.421 billion 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 6 126.388 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 7 673.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 7 22 2020
Railways - total 2 222071 km N/A
Roadways - paved 3 992835 km N/A
Roadways - total 5 1.219 million km 2015
Waterways 42 1770 km N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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