GDP growth
%1.2%up+1.43
World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
East Asia / JPN
Japan
How Japan's economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.
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Japan Overview dashboard
Inflation (CPI)
%3.2%up+0.43
World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Unemployment
% labour force2.5%down-0.05
World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
GDP per capita
US$35,951up+2154
World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Central govt debt
% GDPNo World Bank data for this country.
Current account
% GDP4.9%up+0.24
World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"Japan's exports are booming."
The data
Exports (% GDP)
- 2014
- 17.1%
- 2024
- 22.0%
increase+4.9 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
- 2014
- 19.7%
- 2024
- 22.9%
increase+3.2 change
Exports moved +4.9 pts of GDP; imports moved +3.2 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.
Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 10.7%
- 2023
- 10.7%
increase+0.1 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 2.1
- 2024
- 1.8
decrease-0.3 change
Spending share changed +0.1 pts; infant mortality changed -0.3 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."
The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
- 2014
- 19.4%
- 2024
- 18.8%
decrease-0.6 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
- 2014
- 28.1%
- 2024
- 26.8%
decrease-1.3 change
Manufacturing share of GDP changed -0.6 pts vs industry overall -1.3 pts.
Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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