East Asia · JPN

Japan market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

Capital
Tokyo
Income group
High income
World Bank region
East Asia & Pacific
Country codes
JPN · JP

GDP per capita

$35,951
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

1.19%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

3.17%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

123,366,734
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

85.54%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

2.45%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

44.85%
2024% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$35,951 per person

Japan's GDP per capita was $35,951 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it decreased by 12.5% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

1.19% real growth

Real GDP growth was 1.19% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 3.17% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 2.45% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

85.54% online

Internet use reached 85.54% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 38.63 per 100 people in 2023. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

123,366,734 residents

The population contracted at -0.49% in 2025. Life expectancy was 84.04 years, while exports plus imports equaled 44.85% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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