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Country statistical profiles 2006 : Japan

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Country			Japan
Year			2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2020	Comparison with other OECD countries
Year									Comparison with other OECD countries
Subject
Population and migration	Evolution of the population	Total population	126 926	127 291	127 435	127 619	127 687	..
		Population growth rates	0.2	0.29	0.11	0.14	0.05	..
		Total fertility rates	1.36	1.33	1.32	1.38	..	..
	Ageing societies	Population aged 65 and over ratio to the total population	17.367	..	..	..	..	25.955
	Ageing societies	Population aged 65 and over ratio to the total labour force	26.877	..	..	..	..	50.503
	Immigrant population	Foreign nationals as a percentage of total population	1.3	1.4	1.45	1.501	..	..
	Immigrant population	Foreign nationals, according to census data, circa 2000	1.02	..	..	..	..	..
	Trends in migration	Net migration	0.3	..	..	..	..	..
	Migration of the highly educated	Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - immigrants from other OECD countries	0.168	..	..	..	..	..
		Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - emigrants to other OECD countries	1.084	..	..	..	..	..
		Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - immigrants less emigrants within OECD zone	-0.917	..	..	..	..	..
		Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - immigrants from the rest of the world	0.524	..	..	..	..	..
		Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - net total	-0.393	..	..	..	..	..
Macroeconomic trends	Size of GDP	Gross domestic product	3 303.5	3 390	3 465.7	3 575.4	3 787.8	..
		GDP per capita	26 027	26 632	27 196	28 016	29 664	..
		Volume index of GDP per capita	105	104.5	103.3	103.3	103.3	..
	Evolution of GDP	Real GDP growth	2.385	0.203	-0.303	1.305	2.691	..
	Household saving	Household saving rates	9.538	6.643	7.15	7.396	6.891	..
	Investment rates	Gross fixed capital formation	26.344	25.761	24.195	23.942	23.814	..
		Gross fixed capital formation: machinery and equipment	9.906	9.718	8.671	8.717	..	..
		Gross fixed capital formation: housing	4.185	3.959	3.815	3.75	..	..
	Inflation	GDP deflator	-1.51	-1.3	-1.27	-1.37	-1.18	..
	Steel production	Steel production	99.253	96	100.6	103.121	105.2	..
	Labour productivity	GDP per hour worked	1.898	1.477	1.725	1.461	3.162	..
	Multi-factor productivity	Multi-factor productivity	0.915	0.168	0.584	..	..	..
	Value added by activity	Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing	1.342	1.293	1.29	1.249	..	..
		Value added in industry, including energy	23.969	22.953	22.473	22.711	..	..
		Value added in construction	7.16	6.914	6.607	6.488	..	..
		Value added in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants	19.382	19.429	19.187	18.841	..	..
		Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services	25.958	26.912	27.41	27.728	..	..
		Value added in government, health, education and other and personal services	22.189	22.5	23.032	22.982	..	..
	Evolution of value added by activity	Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing	1.6	-4.09	4.66	-8.91	..	..
		Real value added in industry	4.681	-2.664	-2.511	6.301	..	..
		Real value added in services	1.335	2.128	1.056	1.151	..	..
	Small and medium size enterprises	Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total employment, less than 20 employees	..	..	73.6	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total employment, 20 or more employees	..	..	26.4	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total employment, less than 10 employees	..	..	50.938	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total employment, 10-19 employees	..	..	22.662	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total employment, 20-49 employees	..	..	16.526	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total employment, 50-249 employees	..	..	8.494	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total employment, 250 or more employees	..	..	1.381	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total value added, less than 20 employees	..	..	12.094	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total value added, 20 or more employees	..	..	87.906	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total value added, less than 10 employees	..	..	5.208	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total value added, 10-19 employees	..	..	6.887	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total value added, 20-49 employees	..	..	12.505	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total value added, 50-249 employees	..	..	29.189	..	..	..
		Employment and value added in manufacturing, as percentage of total value added, 250 or more employees	..	..	46.212	..	..	..
Prices	Consumer price indices (CPI)	CPI: all items	100	99.267	98.358	98.108	98.1	..
		CPI: food	100	99.339	98.222	98.051	99.137	..
		CPI: energy	100	100.482	98.102	98.032	99.38	..
	Producer price indices (PPI)	PPI: manufacturing	100	97.65	95.608	94.808	95.858	..
	Long-term interest rates	Long-term interest rates	1.744	1.319	1.263	1.003	1.493	..
	Rates of conversion	Purchasing power parities	154.897	149.289	143.665	138.871	133.722	..
		Exchange rates	107.835	121.484	125.255	115.936	108.147	..
		Indices of price levels	152.242	136.336	126.589	122.22	120.263	..
	Effective exchange rates	Nominal effective exchange rates	100	92.261	88.43	91.449	95.251	..
		Relative consumer price indices	100	89.491	83.873	84.95	86.143	..
		Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing	100	92.154	83.831	82.965	83.002	..
Energy	Primary energy supply	Total primary energy supply	528.57	520.81	520.66	517.1	537.08	..
	Energy supply and economic growth	Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP	0.16	0.157	0.157	0.152	0.152	..
	Energy supply per capita	Total primary energy supply per capita	4.164	4.091	4.086	4.052	4.209	..
	Electricity generation	Electricity generation	1 048.4	1 030	1 048.9	1 037.7	1 028.4	..
	Renewable energy	Contribution of renewables to energy supply	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.5	..
	Energy production	Total production of energy	106.5	105.5	97.7	84.6	96.5	..
	Oil production	Production of crude oil	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	..
	Oil prices	Crude oil import prices	28.72	25.01	24.96	29.26	36.59	..
Labour market	Employment rates by gender	Employment rates: total	68.869	68.788	68.229	68.365	68.699	..
		Employment rates: men	80.898	80.48	79.856	79.837	79.963	..
		Employment rates: women	56.749	57.007	56.518	56.807	57.355	..
	Employment rates by age group	Employment rates for age group 15-24	42.707	41.958	40.98	40.255	39.986	..
		Employment rates for age group 25-54	78.573	78.554	78.013	78.288	78.638	..
		Employment rates for age group 55-64	62.774	62.043	61.613	62.139	63.045	..
	Part-time employment	Part-time employment rates	22.605	24.9	25.121	25.983	25.521	..
	Self-employment	Self-employment rates: total	16.615	15.876	15.403	15.136	14.947	..
		Self-employment rates: men	15.457	14.962	14.802	14.681	14.678	..
		Self-employment rates: women	18.334	17.193	16.268	15.787	15.329	..
	Hours worked	Actual hours worked	1 821.332	1 809	1 798	1 801	1 789.18	..
	Standardised unemployment rates	Standardised unemployment rates: total	4.7	5	5.4	5.3	4.7	..
		Standardised unemployment rates: men	4.9	5.2	5.5	5.5	4.9	..
		Standardised unemployment rates: women	4.5	4.7	5.1	4.9	4.4	..
	Long-term unemployment	Long term unemployment	25.466	26.582	30.836	33.526	33.66	..
Science and technology	Expenditure on R&D	Gross domestic expenditure on R&D	2.99	3.07	3.12	3.15	..	..
	Investment in knowledge	Investment in knowledge	4.743	4.921	5.037	..	..	..
	Researchers	Researchers	9.72	10.21	9.9	10.38	..	..
	Patents	Number of triadic patent families	12 354.742	12 937.13	13 194.707	..	..	..
	Size of the ICT sector	Share of ICT in value added: telecommunication services	..	3.533	..	..	..	..
		Share of ICT in value added: computer and related services	..	2.013	..	..	..	..
		Share of ICT in value added: other ICT services	..	0.228	..	..	..	..
		Share of ICT in value added: total services	..	5.774	..	..	..	..
		Change in the share of ICT in services in value added	..	1.303	..	..	..	..
		Share of ICT in value added: computer and office equipment	..	2.352	..	..	..	..
		Share of ICT in value added: other ICT manufacturing	..	10.152	..	..	..	..
		Share of ICT in value added: total manufacturing	..	12.504	..	..	..	..
		Change in the share of ICT in manufacturing in value added	..	-0.239	..	..	..	..
	Investment in ICT	Shares of ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation	14.741	14.708	13.61	..	..	..
	Computer and internet access by households	Households with access to a home computer	50.5	58	71.7	78.2	77.5	..
	Computer and internet access by households	Households with access to the Internet	..	..	48.8	53.6	55.8	..
	Exports of information and communications equipment	Exports of ICT equipment	123 542.131	94 517.561	95 017.791	106 655.244	124 237.626	..
	Telephone access	Telephone access	111.189	116.619	119.921	122.913	..	..
Environment and natural resources	Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)	CO2 emissions from energy use	1 159.02	1 149.47	1 185.45	1 201.37	..	..
	Water consumption	Water abstractions: total gross abstractions	..	..	86 104	..	..	..
	Water consumption	Water abstractions: per capita abstractions	..	..	680	..	..	..
	Municipal waste	Municipal waste generation: total amounts generated	..	..	..	52 097	..	..
	Municipal waste	Municipal waste generation: generation intensities	..	..	..	410	..	..
	Fisheries	Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports	5 092.362	4 814.484	4 495	4 743	..	..
	Fisheries	Aquaculture production	1 291.735	1 311.249	1 385	1 301	..	..
	Forests	Forest and other wooded land: area in km2	251 170	..	..	..	..	..
	Forests	Forest and other wooded land: as a percantage of land area	68.908	..	..	..	..	..
Education	International student assessment	Mean scores on the reading scale in PISA	522.235	..	..	498.105	..	..
		Mean scores on the reading scale in PISA, standard errors	5.21	..	..	3.924	..	..
		Mean scores on the science scale in PISA	550.4	..	..	547.638	..	..
		Mean scores on the science scale in PISA, standard errors	5.48	..	..	4.142	..	..
		Computer usage by 15-year-old students at school: percentage	..	..	..	26.042	..	..
		Computer usage by 15-year-old students at school: standard error	..	..	..	2.303	..	..
		Computer usage by 15-year-old students at home: percentage	..	..	..	36.836	..	..
		Computer usage by 15-year-old students at home: standard error	..	..	..	1.191	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers less than one year: percentage	..	..	..	18.428	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers less than one year: standard error	..	..	..	0.905	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers one to three years: percentage	..	..	..	41.229	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers one to three years: standard error	..	..	..	0.923	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers three to five years: percentage	..	..	..	25.376	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers three to five years: standard error	..	..	..	0.819	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers more than five years: percentage	..	..	..	14.968	..	..
		Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers more than five years: standard error	..	..	..	0.647	..	..
	Tertiary attainment	Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64	33.405	33.833	36.327	37.422	..	..
		Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34	47.248	47.684	50.326	51.646	..	..
		Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64	15.144	15.144	18.007	19.18	..	..
	Expenditure on tertiary education	Expenditure per student in tertiary education: expenditure, index of change	..	..	120.431	..	..	..
		Expenditure per student in tertiary education: number of students, index of change	..	..	101.69	..	..	..
		Expenditure per student in tertiary education: index of change	..	..	118.429	..	..	..
		Expenditure per student in tertiary education: 2002 constant prices	..	..	11 715.837	..	..	..
	Public and private education expenditure	Expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education: public education	..	..	3.495	..	..	..
		Expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education: private education	..	..	1.195	..	..	..
		Expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education: Total	..	..	4.691	..	..	..
Public finance	Government deficits	Government net borrowing / net lending1	-7.472	-6.122	-7.935	-7.68	-6.46	..
	Government debt	General government gross financial liabilities	133.966	142.276	149.402	154.033	156.341	..
	Social expenditure	Public social expenditure	16.133	16.889	..	..	..	..
	Law, order and defence expenditure	Law, order and defence expenditure	2.334	2.362	2.382	2.385	..	..
	Agricultural support estimates	Producer support estimate by country	59.714	57.284	58.159	58.766	56.214	..
	Government support for fishing	Government financial transfers for fishing	2 913 149.11	2 574 086.269	2 323 601	2 342 255	..	..
	Official development assistance	Net official development assistance	0.281	0.232	0.228	0.203	0.187	..
	Total tax revenue	Total tax revenue	26.489	26.811	25.756	25.305	..	..
		Taxes on income and profits	9.227	8.964	7.885	7.734	..	..
		Taxes on goods and services	5.106	5.194	5.186	5.143	..	..
	Taxes on the average production worker	Taxes on the average production worker	24.082	24.217	29.835	26.682	26.636	..
Quality of life	Life expectancy	Life expectancy at birth: total	81.2	81.5	81.8	81.8	..	..
		Life expectancy at birth: men	77.7	78.1	78.3	78.4	..	..
		Life expectancy at birth: women	84.6	84.9	85.2	85.3	..	..
	Infant mortality	Infant mortality	3.2	3.1	3	3	..	..
	Obesity	Overweight population aged 15 or more: females	..	..	..	18.7	..	..
		Obese population aged 15 or more: females	..	..	..	3.7	..	..
		Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: females	..	..	..	22.4	..	..
		Overweight population aged 15 or more: males	..	..	..	25.2	..	..
		Obese population aged 15 or more: males	..	..	..	2.6	..	..
		Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: males	..	..	..	27.8	..	..
		Overweight population aged 15 or more: total	..	..	..	21.6	..	..
		Obese population aged 15 or more: total	..	..	..	3.2	..	..
		Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: total	..	..	..	24.9	..	..
	Public and private health expenditure	Public expenditure on health per capita, US dollars calculated using PPPs	1 602	..	..	1 743	..	..
		Total expenditure on health per capita, US dollars calculated using PPPs	1 971	..	..	2 139	..	..
		Public expenditure on health per capita, as a percentage of OECD average	113.327	..	..	101.671	..	..
		Total expenditure on health per capita, as a percentage of OECD average	99.159	..	..	89.356	..	..
	Tourism: hotel nights	Arrivals of non-resident tourists in hotels and similar establishments and at borders	4 757	4 772	5 239	5 212	6 138	..
	Recreation and culture	Household expenditure on recreation and culture	5.391	5.37	5.274	5.279	..	..
		Government expenditure on recreation and culture	0.181	0.18	0.172	0.167	..	..
		Household and government expenditure on recreation and culture	5.572	5.551	5.446	5.446	..	..
	Income inequality	Distribution of household disposable income among individualsIncomes from the mid 1980s to years around 2000	31.379	..	..	..	..	..
	Prison population	Convicted adults admitted to prisons	39.25	..	..	..	..	..
	Victimisation rates	Population victimised at least once: car theft	0.1	..	..	..	..	..
		Population victimised at least once: theft from car	1.6	..	..	..	..	..
		Population victimised at least once: motorcycle theft	1	..	..	..	..	..
		Population victimised at least once: bicycle theft	6.6	..	..	..	..	..
		Population victimised at least once: assaults and threats	0.4	..	..	..	..	..
		Population victimised at least once: sexual incidents	1.2	..	..	..	..	..
		Population victimised at least once: burglaries	1.1	..	..	..	..	..
		Population victimised at least once: robberies	0.1	..	..	..	..	..
	Road network	Length of the motorway network	6 617	6 851	6 915	6 915	6 915	..
	Road motor vehicles and road fatalities	Road motor vehicles	592.361	596.287	599.992	600.95	600.05	..
		Road fatalities per million population	81.961	79.032	75.136	75.055	74.943	..
		Road fatalities per million vehicles	138.364	132.539	125.229	124.894	124.894	..
Economic globalisation	Share of trade in GDP	Trade in goods and services	10.088	10.078	10.569	11.034	12.177	..
	Import penetration	Import penetration for goods and services	9.509	9.365	9.576	9.882	10.562	..
	Trade in goods	Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods	99.556	54	79.116	88.544	110.502	..
		Imports of goods	379.667	348.605	337.613	383.454	455.238	..
		Exports of goods	479.223	402.604	416.729	471.998	565.741	..
	Trade in services	Services trade balance	-47.608	-43.75	-42.029	-35.501	-38.991	..
		Imports of services	116.807	108.237	107.776	108.799	133.716	..
		Exports of services	69.199	64.488	65.748	73.298	94.725	..
	High, medium and low technology exports	Export of high-technology industries in OECD countries	32.97	30.79	29.08	28.94	..	..
		Export shares of medium/high-technology industries in OECD countries	50.9	52.2	53.7	54.2	..	..
		Export shares of low-technology industries in OECD countries	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.1	..	..
	Trading partners	Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise trade	4.924	4.461	4.204	3.967	3.839	..
		Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise imports	6.292	5.619	5.387	5.103	4.943	..
		Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise exports	3.437	3.212	2.937	2.741	2.642	..
	Balance of payments	Current account balance of payments	2.516	2.107	2.843	3.169	3.69	..
	FDI flows and stocks	Inflows of foreign direct investment	8 318.65	6 247.942	9 243.161	6 322.236	7 818.77	..
		Outflows of foreign direct investment	31 540.388	38 351.992	32 283.276	28 799.379	30 963.477	..
		Outward direct investment stocks	50 322.773	50 319.732	78 142.773	89 728.291	..	..
		Inward direct investment stocks	278 444.089	300 116.41	304 234.127	335 503.268	..	..
	Activities of multinationals	Share of turnover of affiliates under foreign control in services	0.928	0.931	0.999	..	..	..
		Share of turnover of affiliates under foreign control in manufacturing	2.505	2.618	2.304	..	..	..
		Share of R&D expenditure of affiliates under foreign control in manufacturing	3.942	3.78	4.002	..	..	..

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