Japan vs United States
Japan vs United States: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $38,620 in Japan and $67,950 in United States, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by $29,330, or 1.76 times that in Japan.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Japan ranked 26 and United States ranked 6 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Japan | United States | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $38,620 | $67,950 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $37,980 | $66,860 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $37,900 | $65,670 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $37,450 | $64,320 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $36,790 | $63,100 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $35,360 | $59,530 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $36,840 | $61,050 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $36,900 | $59,820 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $36,550 | $58,440 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $35,930 | $57,430 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $35,660 | $56,850 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $35,000 | $55,670 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $34,640 | $54,730 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $33,910 | $54,000 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $33,310 | $53,220 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $33,310 | $52,810 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $31,990 | $51,860 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $34,010 | $53,700 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $34,430 | $54,150 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $33,880 | $53,600 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $33,390 | $52,650 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $32,780 | $51,350 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $32,120 | $49,910 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $31,750 | $48,970 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $31,790 | $48,600 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $31,780 | $48,620 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $30,910 | $47,230 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $31,080 | $45,600 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $31,720 | $44,150 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $31,370 | $42,780 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $30,500 | $41,710 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $29,880 | $41,110 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $29,670 | $40,000 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $29,920 | $39,450 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $29,780 | $38,640 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $28,900 | $39,200 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $27,650 | $38,910 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $26,470 | $37,890 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $24,890 | $36,700 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $23,880 | $35,790 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $23,240 | $34,920 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $22,220 | $33,820 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $21,400 | $31,810 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $20,820 | $30,700 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $20,290 | $31,560 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $19,610 | $31,080 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $19,230 | $31,460 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $18,380 | $30,830 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $17,620 | $29,530 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $17,050 | $28,510 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $16,570 | $27,310 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $16,280 | $27,640 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $16,700 | $28,040 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $15,680 | $26,800 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $14,670 | $25,730 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $14,320 | $25,230 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $14,430 | $25,470 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $12,980 | $24,950 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $11,630 | $24,040 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $10,580 | $23,710 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $9,648 | $22,530 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $9,216 | $21,440 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $8,339 | $20,550 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $7,766 | $19,970 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $7,197 | $19,110 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $6,481 | $18,990 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Japan vs United States
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025