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OECD Economics
2015 OECD ECONOMIC
SURVEY OF JAPAN
CHARTBOOK: BASIC STATISTICS
This chartbook compares Japan to other OECD countries
INCOME: Japan’s GDP per capita is below
the OECD average
Japan• GDP per capita: USD 36 235
OECD average• GDP per capita: USD 39 185
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POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS: Japan has
the most elderly people and the less youth
than the OECD average
Japan• 26.1% are over 65 years old • 12.7% are under 15 years old
OECD average• 16.0% are over 65 years old • 18.2% are under 15 years old
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LENGTH OF LIFE: life expectancy in Japan is
the highest compared to the OECD average
Japan• Life expectancy: 83.2 years-old
OECD average• Life expectancy: 80.2 years-old
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HEALTH CARE: Japan spends slightly more
on health care than the OECD average
Japan• 10.3% of GDP
OECD average• 9.2% of GDP
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WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT: In Japan,
women represent one of the smallest share of
parliament to OECD countries
Japan• 12% of women in Parliament
OECD average• 27% of women in Parliament
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EDUCATION: Japan spends least to the
OECD average on education (as % of GDP)
Japan• 2.9% of GDP
OECD average• 3.9% of GDP
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EDUCATION: the Japanese PISA scores are
one of the highest of OECD average
Japan• Reading: 538• Math: 536• Science: 547
OECD average• Reading: 496• Math: 494• Science: 501 8
R&D: Japan spends largely above the OECD
average on research and development (as %
of GDP)
Japan• 3.5% of GDP
OECD average• 2.4% of GDP
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PENSIONS: Japan spends largely more than
the OECD average on pensions (as % of
GDP)
Japan• 12.5% of GDP
OECD average• 8.7% of GDP
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DEBT: Japan’s general government net
financial debt is one of the highest of the
OECD average (as % of GDP)
Japan• 122.9% of GDP
OECD average• 70.0% of GDP
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HOURS WORKED: those holding a job in
Japan work slightly less hours per year than
the OECD average
Japan• 1 735 hours per year
OECD average• 1 771 hours per year 12
EMPLOYMENT: Japan’s employment rate for women
is slightly more than the OECD average. The same
rate for men is one of the highest to the OECD
average.
Japan• Women: 63.7%• Men: 81.6%
OECD average• Women: 57.9%• Men: 73.6% 13
Japan• 6.2%
OECD average• 15%
UNEMPLOYMENT: Japan has the smallest
youth unemployment rate than the OECD
average
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Japan• 3.6%
OECD average• 7.3%
UNEMPLOYMENT: Japan has one of the smallest
unemployment rate than the OECD average
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ENVIRONMENT: Japan’s CO2 emissions per
capita from fossil fuel combustion are
practically the same like the OECD average
Japan• 9.6 tonnes of CO2
OECD average• 9.7 tonnes of CO2
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INEQUALITY: Japan has a higher inequality
(as measured by the Gini index) than the
OECD average
Japan• 0.336
OECD average• 0.308
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List of country abbreviations
JPN Japan
KOR Korea
LUX Luxembourg
MEX Mexico
NLD Netherlands
NZL New Zealand
NOR Norway
POL Poland
PRT Japan
SVK Slovak Republic
SVN Slovenia
ESP Spain
SWE Sweden
CHE Switzerland
TUR Turkey
GBR United Kingdom
USA United States
OECD OECD average
AUS Australia
AUT Austria
BEL Belgium
CAN Canada
CHL Chile
CZE Czech Republic
DNK Denmark
EST Estonia
FIN Finland
FRA France
DEU Germany
GRC Greece
HUN Hungary
ISL Iceland
IRL Ireland
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JPN Japan
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