Japan

Metrics

1. population
   123M
   11 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $4.2T
   4 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $33,836
   31 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $48B
   10 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. military % of gdp
   1.1%
   108 of 148
   SIPRI via World Bank
6. area
   378K km²
   64 of 176
   REST Countries
7. population density
   325 /km²
   13 of 144
   zuhd — derived from population and area
8. life expectancy
   84.0 yr
   2 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
9. internet access
   87%
   58 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
10. co₂ per capita
    7.8 t
    18 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    92%
    11 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.1
    137 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    2.8%
    84 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    0.1%
    124 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    3.4%
    3 of 106
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    5,609
    15 of 100
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    104K
    4 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    18%
    28 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    32.3
    77 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    4%
    129 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.73
    21 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
22. cpi (clean gov)
    71
    16 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
23. press freedom
    28.9
    93 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
24. human development
    0.925
    15 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
25. refugees hosted
    29K
    68 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
26. refugees produced
    55
    125 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data