International Rankings of Japan 2021, country comparisons

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	0
Internet users - percent of population	40	84.59 %	2018
Internet users - total	7	106.726 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	15	49.97	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	4	62.743 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	148.55	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	8	186.514 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	4	1.885 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	4	1.714 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	64	3.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	38	65.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	23	78	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	63	86.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	37	85.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	4	5.079 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	155	17.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	52	19.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	127	55.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	12	16.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	55	24 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	140	1.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	64	30.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	59	68.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	88	24.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	24	2.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	73	1.4 %	2017
Labor force	9	66.540 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	125	2.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	32	26.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	45	70.9 %	2015
Population below poverty line	110	16.1	2013
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	4	5.231 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	31	41429 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	55	35.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	6	1.268 billion	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	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 - exports	94	0 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 - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
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	1135.89 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	53	29.99 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	153	11.45 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	156	12.5	2018
Land use - arable land	86	11.7	2018
Land use - forest	14	68.5	2018
Land use - other	124	19	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	93	0.02 % of GDP	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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	15	91.9	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	4.9 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	63	364485 sq km	0
Area - total	63	377915 sq km	0
Area - water	129	13430 sq km	0
Coastline	7	29751 km	0
Elevation - highest point	37	3776 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	04 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	79	438 meters	0
Irrigated land	24	24690 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	156	12.5	2018
Land use - arable land	86	11.7	2018
Land use - forest	14	68.5	2018
Land use - other	124	19	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	27	430.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	193	9.47 %	5377
Age structure - 25-54 years	153	36.8 %	7140
Age structure - 55-64 years	62	12.06 %	0732
Birth rate	204	7 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	86	39.8 %	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 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	119	2.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	44	69 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	161	21 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	46	3.2 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	58	30000	2020
Hospital bed density	4	13.1 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	208	1.92 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	4	87.74 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	4	81.73 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	4	84.65 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	110	5	2017
Median age - female	2	50 years	2020
Median age - male	3	47.2 years	0
Median age - total	2	48.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	6	30.7	2018
Net migration rate	61	0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	4.3 %	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	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	13	1.11	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	1	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	137	1.38 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	135	3.7	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	125	3.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	133	3.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	171	0.25	2025
Urbanization - urban population	15	91.9	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 - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
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	3	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	7	22	2020
Railways - total	10	27311 km	2015
Roadways - paved	3	992835 km	8428
Roadways - total	5	1.219 million km	2015
Waterways	42	1770 km	0

*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.