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International Rankings of Japan - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 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 18 35 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 5 44.001 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 25 83 % 2021
Internet users - total 10 99.600 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 11 49 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 5 61.584 million 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 13 161 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 9 200.479 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 38 2.3 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 71 16 % of household expenditures 2018
Budget - expenditures 5 1.916 trillion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 5 1.756 trillion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 64 3.5 % of GDP 0
Current account balance 4 157.743 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 9 4.254 trillion US Dollars 2019
Exports 7 919.158 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 5 5.079 trillion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 159 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 129 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 56 24 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 56 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 66 68.7 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 90 32.9 % 2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 89 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
Imports 7 941.671 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 175 4.33 % 2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 177 0.23 % 2021
Labor force 11 68.629 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 127 2.9 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 33 26.2 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 49 70.9 % 2015
Population below poverty line 113 16.1 % 2013
Public debt 2 216.28 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 5 5.126 trillion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 153 1.66 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 44 40800 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2 1.406 trillion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 18 35.2 % of GDP 0
Unemployment rate 186 2.8 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 149 4.1 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 143 4.6 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 146 4.4 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 6 439.243 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 8 219.720 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 6 444.271 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 5 210.882 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 14 3.201 million metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 3 174.486 million metric tons 2020
Coal - production 18 29.840 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 46 350.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 5 903.699 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 98 0 kWh 2020
Electricity - imports 117 0 kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 4 348.666 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 7 44.094 billion kWh 2019
Electricity access 1 100 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 42 1.6 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 66 73.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 15 0.3 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 99 10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 26 4.8 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 11 8.8 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 6 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 63 1 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 35 147.107 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 7 102.109 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - exports 56 28000 cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - imports 2 105.255 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - production 59 1.928 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - proven reserves 70 20.898 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 73 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 5 3.013 million bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 69 44.100 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 4 3.739 million bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 84 10200 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 26 370900 bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - imports 7 1.100 million bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - production 7 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 156 11.45 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 160 12.5 2018
Land use - arable land 88 11.7 2018
Land use - forest 15 68.5 2018
Land use - other 127 19 2018
Land use - permanent crops 77 0.8 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 162 0 2018
Revenue from coal 33 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 96 0.02 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 29 430.000 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 12 53.300 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 8 10.300 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 7 14.800 billion cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 173 0.25 2025
Urbanization - urban population 16 92 2023
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 64 364485 sq km 0
Area - total 65 377915 sq km 0
Area - water 133 13430 sq km 0
Coastline 7 29751 km 0
Elevation - highest point 44 3776 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 33 04 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 80 438 meters 0
Irrigated land 30 15730 sq km 2014
Land boundaries - total 164 N/A km 2023
Land use - agricultural land 160 12.5 2018
Land use - arable land 88 11.7 2018
Land use - forest 15 68.5 2018
Land use - other 127 19 2018
Land use - permanent crops 77 0.8 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 162 0 2018
Military
Military expenditures 43 1.1 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 98 1.35 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 7 5.09 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 61 1.63 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 37 8.36 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 70 0.29 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 215 6.9 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 103 N/A % 0
Contraceptive prevalence rate 81 39.8 % 2015
Current health expenditure 16 10.9 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 135 46.8 % 2023
Death rate 16 11.74 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 2 51 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 129 2 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 43 71.1 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 177 20.1 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 66 N/A % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 110 N/A % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 101 0.1 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 65 N/A % of population 0
Education expenditures 52 3.4 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 101 0.68 % 2023
Hospital bed density 3 13 beds/1,000 population 2018
Infant mortality rate - female 219 1.77 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 216 1.99 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 215 1.88 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 4 88.06 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 4 82.11 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 4 85 years 0
Literacy - female 122 N/A % 0
Literacy - male 100 N/A % 0
Literacy - total population 110 N/A % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 118 4 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
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 10 30.7 2018
Net migration rate 69 0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 139 4.3 % 2016
Physicians density 64 2.48 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 12 123.719 million 2023
Population growth rate 161 0.41 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 95 N/A % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 120 N/A % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 120 0.1 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 95 N/A % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 8 15 years 2019
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 10 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 22 1.01 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 34 0.79 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 7 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 24 0.95 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 57 10 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 63 30.1 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 70 20.1 % 2020
Total fertility rate 138 1.39 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 173 0.25 2025
Urbanization - urban population 16 92 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 149 4.1 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 143 4.6 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 146 4.4 0
Transportation
Airports 32 175 2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports 18 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports 1 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports 14 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports 22 N/A 2023
Airports - with unpaved runways 66 331000 3280
Heliports 13 16 2021
Merchant marine - total 5 5590 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 7 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 33 N/A km 2023
Roadways - paved 4 992835 km 2015
Roadways - total 6 1.219 million km 2015
Waterways 46 1770 km 2010

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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