A profile of Japan across 11 shared World Bank indicators (CC-BY).
Japan, a constitutional monarchy located in East Asia, has its capital functions in Tokyo and plays an important role in the global economy against the backdrop of a highly developed industrial structure and international trade networks.
Looking at economic trends in 2025, nominal GDP (in US dollars) was approximately $4,435.16 billion (up 5.9% year-on-year), and nominal GDP per capita (in US dollars) was approximately $35,951.0 (up 6.4% year-on-year). From the perspective of growth, positive growth was demonstrated with a real GDP growth rate of 1.2% (up 1.4 pt from the previous year) and a real GDP per capita growth rate of 1.7% (up 1.5 pt from the previous year). The total population in the same year was approximately 123.367 million people, down 0.5% year-on-year.
In terms of the labor environment and price trends, while the unemployment rate in 2025 remained at a low level of 2.5% (down 0.05 pt from the previous year), the consumer price inflation rate recorded 3.2% (up 0.4 pt from the previous year). In addition, the current account balance (as a ratio to GDP) in 2025 was 4.9% (up 0.2 pt from the previous year), and trade (as a ratio to GDP) as of 2024 stood at 44.9% (up 1.3 pt from the previous year). The latest data on real interest rates and government debt (as a ratio to GDP) have not been published.
Source: this description is an adaptation of a Wikipedia article (日本). Both the original and this adaptation are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The figures are grounded in World Bank indicators (CC BY).