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Japan — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Japan, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
35,951
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +6821.4% since 1960
GDP per capita for Japan was 35,951 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49,627 in 2012. The lowest was 519 in 1960 (about 69.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.74% per year.
Japan ranks 48 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Japan sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
35,951
First (1960)
519
Change
+6821.4%
Highest
49,627
in 2012
Lowest
519
in 1960
Average
24,201
Annual growth (CAGR)
6.74%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 35,951.04 |
| 2024 | 33,797.1 |
| 2023 | 35,215 |
| 2022 | 35,548.26 |
| 2021 | 41,580.74 |
| 2020 | 41,098.97 |
| 2019 | 41,424.87 |
| 2018 | 40,645.48 |
| 2017 | 39,679.86 |
| 2016 | 40,214.97 |
| 2015 | 35,664.64 |
| 2014 | 39,172.85 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.