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Japan — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Japan, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.19%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -90.1% since 1961
GDP growth for Japan was 1.19% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.88% in 1968. The lowest was -5.94% in 2009 (about -5.0× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.55% per year.
Japan ranks 167 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so Japan sits below it. It peaked in 1968 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 34%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.19%
First (1961)
12.04%
Change
-90.1%
Highest
12.88%
in 1968
Lowest
-5.94%
in 2009
Average
3.30%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.55%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.19% |
| 2024 | -0.24% |
| 2023 | 0.72% |
| 2022 | 1.33% |
| 2021 | 3.56% |
| 2020 | -4.28% |
| 2019 | -0.31% |
| 2018 | 0.83% |
| 2017 | 1.62% |
| 2016 | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.91% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.