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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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