| Country | Japan |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2020 |
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| Population | Evolution of the population | Total population | | 127 291 | 127 435 | 127 619 | 127 687 | 127 757 | .. |
Population growth rates | | 0.2876 | 0.1131 | 0.1444 | 0.0533 | 0.0548 | .. |
Total fertility rates | | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.29 | 1.29 | .. | .. |
Ageing societies | Ratio of population aged 65 and over to the total population | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20.0373 | 29.2492 |
Ratio of inactive population aged 65 and over to the total labour force | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30.9111 | 51.0574 |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 3 324.8116 | 3 408.0458 | 3 542.5075 | 3 726.8752 | | .. |
GDP per capita | | 26 149.3515 | 26 742.3558 | 27 738.4683 | 29 172.9627 | | .. |
Volume index of GDP per capita | | 102.6059 | 102.5069 | 104.1065 | 106.4699 | | .. |
National income per capita | Gross national income per capita | | 26 587.3368 | 27 189.8693 | 28 220.4754 | 29 738.7135 | .. | .. |
Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 0.3848 | 0.1337 | 1.7765 | 2.3021 | | .. |
Household saving | Household net saving rates | | 5.1521 | 4.9367 | 3.9683 | 3.2105 | .. | .. |
Investment rates | Gross fixed capital formation | | 24.6889 | 23.2931 | 22.9316 | 22.8544 | | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: machinery and equipment | | 9.9419 | 9.0239 | 9.0073 | 9.1841 | .. | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: housing | | 4.031 | 3.8797 | 3.8031 | 3.8384 | .. | .. |
Inflation | GDP deflator | | -1.2365 | -1.5726 | -1.5599 | -1.153 | | .. |
Steel production | Steel production | | 96 | 100.6 | 103.1211 | 105.2 | 105.2 | .. |
Labour productivity | GDP per hour worked | | 1.8234 | 2.3217 | 1.921 | 2.7191 | 2.941 | .. |
Multi-factor productivity | Multi-factor productivity | | 0.725 | 1.2843 | 1.484 | 2.2853 | .. | .. |
Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 1.6368 | 1.6473 | 1.6169 | 1.645 | .. | .. |
Value added in industry, including energy | | 22.9591 | 22.4763 | 22.6784 | 22.7822 | .. | .. |
Value added in construction | | 6.8179 | 6.5361 | 6.4515 | 6.1985 | .. | .. |
Value added in in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 20.2181 | 19.8974 | 19.5901 | 19.7305 | .. | .. |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 25.8174 | 26.3666 | 26.4594 | 26.3045 | .. | .. |
Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 22.5507 | 23.0763 | 23.2038 | 23.3392 | .. | .. |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | -2.3952 | 6.0452 | -5.7711 | -2.1575 | .. | .. |
Real value added in industry | | -4.2693 | -2.1149 | 3.2643 | 2.8735 | .. | .. |
Real value added in services | | 2.0668 | 1.6813 | 1.0881 | 1.3572 | .. | .. |
Small and medium-sized enterprises | Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 20 employees | | 21.5881 | .. | 23.5874 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20 or more employees | | 78.4119 | .. | 76.4126 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 10 employees | | 10.3597 | .. | 12.6258 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 10-19 employees | | 11.2285 | .. | 10.9615 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20-49 employees | | 17.766 | .. | 17.3293 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 50-249 employees | | 26.2085 | .. | 29.9748 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 250 or more employees | | 34.4373 | .. | 29.1085 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 20 employees | | 73.5996 | .. | 84.6341 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20 or more employees | | 26.4004 | .. | 15.3659 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 10 employees | | 50.9378 | .. | 71.5892 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 10-19 employees | | 22.6617 | .. | 13.0449 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20-49 employees | | 16.5256 | .. | 9.4937 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 50-249 employees | | 8.0226 | .. | 5.0626 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 250 or more employees | | 1.8523 | .. | 0.8096 | .. | .. | .. |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 10.2621 | 10.7478 | 11.1906 | 12.3925 | | .. |
Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | 53.9997 | 79.1163 | 88.5438 | 110.5022 | 79.0745 | .. |
Imports of goods | | 348.6048 | 337.6131 | 383.4538 | 455.2384 | 515.8664 | .. |
Exports of goods | | 402.6045 | 416.7294 | 471.9976 | 565.7406 | 594.9409 | .. |
Trade in services | Services trade balance: exports of services minus imports of services | | -43.7499 | -42.0287 | -35.5014 | -38.9914 | -27.9045 | .. |
Imports of services | | 108.2375 | 107.7762 | 108.7994 | 133.7163 | 134.0181 | .. |
Exports of services | | 64.4876 | 65.7475 | 73.298 | 94.7249 | 106.1136 | .. |
Trading partners | Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise trade | | 4.4709 | 4.2037 | 4.0232 | 3.8378 | 3.6706 | .. |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise imports | | 5.6259 | 5.377 | 5.1284 | 4.9433 | 4.6536 | .. |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise exports | | 3.2236 | 2.9421 | 2.8273 | 2.6392 | 2.5782 | .. |
Balance of payments | Current account balance of payments | | 2.1451 | 2.891 | 3.2141 | 3.7549 | | .. |
FDI flows and stocks | Outward FDI stocks | | 300 115.6515 | 304 237.4634 | 335 499.5331 | 370 543.6035 | .. | .. |
Inward FDI stocks | | 50 318.9736 | 78 140.2707 | 89 729.225 | 96 984.2489 | .. | .. |
Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 6 245.4725 | 9 239.9713 | 6 323.9607 | 7 818.7702 | 2 778.3833 | .. |
Outflows of foreign direct investment | | 38 348.6994 | 32 280 | 28 798 | 30 961.6274 | 45 830.1544 | .. |
| Prices | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 99.2419 | 98.3534 | 98.1089 | 98.1008 | 97.8318 | .. |
CPI: food |  | 99.3542 | 98.2839 | 98.1231 | 99.1854 | 97.9252 | .. |
CPI: energy | | 100.5204 | 98.0894 | 98.1848 | 99.8203 | 103.5347 | .. |
Producer Price Indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing | | 97.65 | 95.6083 | 94.8083 | 95.8583 | 97.8 | .. |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 1.319 | 1.2632 | 1.0033 | 1.4927 | 1.3547 | .. |
Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities | | 149.415 | 143.6654 | 138.4735 | 133.1009 | 127.5198 | .. |
Exchange rates | | 121.4838 | 125.2549 | 115.9363 | 108.1469 | 110.0971 | .. |
Indices of price levels | | 136.8692 | 126.8377 | 122.456 | 120.4139 | 113.6464 | .. |
Effective exchange rates | Nominal effective exchange rates | | 92.2612 | 88.4302 | 91.4491 | 95.2506 | 92.3957 | .. |
Relative consumer price indices | | 89.47 | 83.87 | 84.97 | 86.18 | 81.16 | .. |
Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 91.9188 | 84.3914 | 83.1718 | 82.4048 | 78.2793 | .. |
| Energy | Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 520.84 | 521.65 | 516.11 | 533.2 | 532.22 | .. |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.157 | 0.158 | 0.154 | 0.155 | 0.151 | .. |
Energy supply per capita | Total primary energy supply per capita | | 4.092 | 4.093 | 4.044 | 4.176 | 4.169 | .. |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 1 035.22 | 1 054.68 | 1 041.57 | 1 071.04 | 1 049.09 | .. |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to energy supply | | 3.191 | 3.2531 | 3.5031 | 3.404 | 2.9912 | .. |
Energy production | Total production of energy | | 106.16 | 98.67 | 85.46 | 96.76 | 97.5 | .. |
Oil production | Production of crude oil | | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.7 | .. |
Oil prices | Crude oil import prices | | 25.01 | 24.96 | 29.26 | 36.59 | 51.57 | .. |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 68.7884 | 68.229 | 68.365 | 68.6986 | 69.2826 | .. |
Employment rates: men | | 80.4805 | 79.8559 | 79.8366 | 79.9625 | 80.3815 | .. |
Employment rates: women | | 57.0065 | 56.5177 | 56.807 | 57.355 | 58.102 | .. |
Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 41.958 | 40.9804 | 40.2545 | 39.9863 | 40.8867 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 78.5543 | 78.013 | 78.2879 | 78.6382 | 79.0267 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 62.0433 | 61.6125 | 62.1387 | 63.0447 | 63.8561 | .. |
Part-time employment | Incidence of part-time employment | | 24.9004 | 25.1212 | 25.9835 | 25.5213 | 25.8018 | .. |
Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 15.9386 | 15.4615 | 15.1963 | 15.0135 | 14.7352 | .. |
Self-employment rates: men | | 15.0252 | 14.8536 | 14.7408 | 14.7417 | 14.6019 | .. |
Self-employment rates: women | | 17.2519 | 16.3376 | 15.8485 | 15.3994 | 14.9561 | .. |
Hours worked | Average hours actually worked | | 1 809 | 1 798 | 1 801 | 1 789 | 1 775 | .. |
Unemployment rates | Unemployment rates: total | | 5.0285 | 5.3644 | 5.2563 | 4.7187 | 4.4272 | .. |
Unemployment rates: men | | 5.2257 | 5.5426 | 5.4736 | 4.9273 | 4.5634 | .. |
Unemployment rates: women | | 4.7487 | 5.1037 | 4.9405 | 4.4271 | 4.2251 | .. |
Long-term unemployment | Long-term unemployment | | 26.5823 | 30.8357 | 33.526 | 33.6601 | 33.3333 | .. |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D |  | 3.07 | 3.12 | 3.15 | 3.13 | .. | .. |
Researchers | Researchers | | 10.21 | 9.9 | 10.38 | 10.38 | .. | .. |
Patents | Number of triadic patent families | | 12 683.8848 | 12 927.7697 | 13 564.3513 | .. | .. | .. |
Size of the ICT sector | Share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing value added | | .. | .. | 3.2408 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage point change in the share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing value added between 1995 and 2003 | | .. | .. | 2.2445 | .. | .. | .. |
Share of telecommunication services in total business services value added | | .. | .. | 1.0147 | .. | .. | .. |
Share of other ICT services in total business services value added | | .. | .. | 12.4785 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage point change in the share of ICT services in total business services value added between 1995 and 2003 | | .. | .. | -0.2646 | .. | .. | .. |
Investment in ICT | Shares of ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation | | 15.8163 | 14.5323 | 15.5889 | 15.8606 | .. | .. |
Computer and internet access by households | Percnetage of households with access to home computers | | 58 | 71.7 | 78.2 | 77.5 | 80.5 | .. |
Percnetage of households with access to the internet | | .. | 48.8 | 53.6 | 55.8 | 57 | .. |
Exports of information and communications equipment | Exports of ICT equipment | | 94 517.5605 | 79 851.952 | 88 959.2852 | 104 011.1121 | 121 473.7681 | .. |
Telephone access | Telephone access | | 116.7513 | 119.916 | 122.824 | 126.0773 | .. | .. |
| Environment | Water consumption | Total gross water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 86 210 | .. | .. |
Per capita water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 680 | .. | .. |
Fisheries | Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | | 4 814.484 | 4 495 | 4 743 | 4 515 | .. | .. |
Aquaculture | | 1 311.249 | 1 385 | 1 301 | 1 260 | .. | .. |
Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 1 166.71 | 1 205.92 | 1 214.54 | 1 214.99 | .. | .. |
Municipal waste | Total amount generated of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 52 097 | .. | .. | .. |
Generation intensities of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 410 | .. | .. | .. |
| Education | International student assessment | Mean scores on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 498.1052 | .. | .. | .. |
Standard errors on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 3.924 | .. | .. | .. |
Mean scores on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 547.6382 | .. | .. | .. |
Standard errors on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 4.1424 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers frequently at school | | .. | .. | 26.0417 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at school, standard error | | .. | .. | 2.3032 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers frequently at home | | .. | .. | 36.8358 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at home, standard error | | .. | .. | 1.1914 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from less than one year | | .. | .. | 18.4276 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from less than one year, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.905 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from one to three years | | .. | .. | 41.2286 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from one to three years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.9227 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from three to five years | | .. | .. | 25.376 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from three to five years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.8189 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from more than five years | | .. | .. | 14.9678 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from more than five years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.6468 | .. | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 33.8331 | 36.3266 | 37.4221 | 37.4221 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 47.6839 | 50.3264 | 51.646 | 51.646 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 15.1439 | 18.0074 | 19.1797 | 19.1797 | .. | .. |
Expenditure on tertiary education | Expenditure in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 139.4848 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of students in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 122.5993 | .. | .. | .. |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 113.7729 | .. | .. | .. |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education: 2003 constant prices | | .. | .. | 11 555.5007 | .. | .. | .. |
Public and private education expenditure | Public expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 3.5328 | .. | .. | .. |
Private expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 1.2354 | .. | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 4.7682 | .. | .. | .. |
| Public finance | Government deficits | Government net borrowing/net lending | | -6.3591 | -8.154 | -8.019 | -6.2784 | -5.2523 | .. |
Government debt | General government gross financial liabilities | | 145.2274 | 154.0385 | 160.2296 | 168.0883 | 173.0863 | .. |
Social expenditure | Public social expenditure | | 16.8462 | 17.48 | 17.7338 | .. | .. | .. |
Law, order and defence expenditure | Law, order and defence expenditure | | 2.3102 | 2.3114 | 2.3124 | 2.2912 | .. | .. |
Agricultural support estimates | Producer support estimate by country | | 56.4161 | 58.3024 | 59.4054 | 57.6031 | 55.9598 | .. |
Government support for fishing | Government financial transfers for fishing | | 2 574 086.2693 | 2 323 601 | 2 310 744 | 2 437 933 | .. | .. |
Official development assistance | Net official development assistance | | 0.232 | 0.2284 | 0.2029 | 0.1875 | 0.2812 | .. |
Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 27.3131 | 26.2238 | 25.7087 | 26.4064 | 16.8024 | .. |
Taxes on income and profits | | 9.1316 | 8.0278 | 7.8576 | 8.4528 | 8.8825 | .. |
Taxes on goods and services | | 5.2914 | 5.2799 | 5.2253 | 5.2897 | 5.2544 | .. |
Taxes on the average worker | Taxes on the average worker | | 24.9397 | 30.4894 | 27.3769 | 27.3564 | 27.714 | .. |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 81.5 | 81.8 | 81.8 | 82.1 | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: men | | 78.1 | 78.3 | 78.4 | 78.6 | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: women | | 84.9 | 85.2 | 85.3 | 85.6 | .. | .. |
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 | .. | .. |
Obesity | Overweight population aged 15 or more: females | | 18.4 | 19.5 | 18.7 | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: females | | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: females | | 21.8 | 23.3 | 22.4 | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more: males | | 25.1 | 25.5 | 25.2 | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: males | | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: males | | 28 | 28.9 | 27.8 | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more | | 21.4 | 22.2 | 21.6 | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more | | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more | | 24.6 | 25.8 | 24.9 | .. | .. | .. |
Public and private health expenditure | Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 1 832 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 2 249 | .. | .. |
Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 99 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 88 | .. | .. |
Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists in hotels and similar establishments and at borders | | 4 772 | 5 239 | 5 212 | 6 138 | 6 728 | .. |
Recreation and culture | Household expenditure on recreation and culture | | 6.3474 | 6.339 | 6.3179 | 6.3065 | .. | .. |
Government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 0.1832 | 0.1745 | 0.1687 | 0.1518 | .. | .. |
Household and government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 6.5307 | 6.5135 | 6.4866 | 6.4584 | .. | .. |
Prison population | Prison population rate | | 48 | .. | .. | 58 | .. | .. |
Road network | Length of the motorway network | | 6 851 | 6 915 | 7 196 | 7 196 | 7 196 | .. |
Road motor vehicles and road fatalities | Road motor vehicles | | 596.2872 | 599.9922 | 603.866 | 604.8164 | 603.9107 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 79.0315 | 75.1363 | 69.5837 | 66.4661 | 61.9822 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 132.5393 | 125.2289 | 124.894 | 124.894 | 102.6348 | .. |
MIGRATION | Trends in inflows of foreign nationals | Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries | | 101.564 | 99.4309 | 108.1379 | 107.5783 | .. | .. |
Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries, standardised data | | .. | .. | .. | 88 300 | .. | .. |
Imimigration by category of entry | Immigration by category of entry: work | | .. | .. | .. | 22.106 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: family reunification or formation | | .. | .. | .. | 42.423 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: humanitarian and accompanying family | | .. | .. | .. | 0.1903 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: other (ancestry-based, pensioners, etc.) | | .. | .. | .. | 35.2806 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry | | .. | .. | .. | 88 300 | .. | .. |
Inflows of asylum seekers | Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | 163.4259 | 115.7407 | 155.5556 | 197.2222 | 171.2963 | .. |
Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 370 | .. |
Trends in migration | Net migration rate | | 1.1 | -0.4 | 0.5 | .. | .. | .. |
Immigrant population | Foreign population | | .. | .. | .. | 1.5 | .. | .. |