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Asia > Japan > Economy

JAPANESE ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fish
Big Mac Index $2.19 [37th of 65]
Debt > External $1,492,000,000,000.00 Time series [8th of 136]
Distribution of family income > Gini index 38.1 Time series [11th of 43]
Economic freedom 2.5 [35th of 156]
Economic importance 57.1 [2nd of 25]
Exports $678,100,000,000.00 Time series [4th of 189]
GDP $4,340,133,000,000.00 Time series [2nd of 203]
GDP > PPP $3,774,086,000,000.00 [3rd of 163]
GDP > Real growth rate 2% Time series [165th of 198]
GDP per capita in 1950 $1,873.00 [31st of 52]
GDP per capita in 1973 $11,017.00 [13th of 52]
GINI index 24.85 Time series [31st of 40]
Gross National Income $4,520,000,000,000.00 [2nd of 172]
Human Development Index 0.943 [12th of 178]
Income category
High income: OECD
Income distribution > Richest 10% 21.7% [109th of 114]
Public debt 170 % of GDP Time series [3rd of 121]
Technological achievement 0.7 [3rd of 68]
Tourist arrivals 4,218,000 [26th of 152]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; The Economist.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; Angus Maddison; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

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