Japan — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Japan, 1960–2025.
GDP for Japan was 4.44 trillion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.33 trillion in 2012. The lowest was 48.42 billion in 1960 (about 91.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.20% per year.
Japan ranks 4 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Japan sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 30% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 2 of 36 economies; Korea, Rep. (1.87 trillion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 49% in 1986. That is 8% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1965; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 10.0 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 6th of 111 in 1960 → 2nd of 146 in 1970 → 2nd of 163 in 1980 → 2nd of 192 in 1990 → 2nd of 204 in 2000 → 3rd of 212 in 2010 → 3rd of 210 in 2020 → 4th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,435,162,999,976.94 | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 4,190,008,188,358.57 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 4,384,854,269,961.93 | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 4,447,976,207,314.78 | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 5,225,933,520,753.1 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,189,197,543,645.38 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 5,245,755,000,479.03 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 5,154,293,721,629.56 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 5,038,231,631,660.71 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 5,110,357,383,254.44 | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 4,534,438,580,494.94 | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 4,985,763,289,560.81 | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 5,272,297,037,396.96 | -16.8% |
| 2012 | 6,333,803,928,787.76 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 6,279,422,550,218.7 | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 5,811,578,109,447.07 | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 5,336,765,697,589.29 | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 5,160,197,175,876.43 | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 4,624,670,179,654.96 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 4,648,058,930,707.24 | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 4,875,648,486,366.14 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 4,941,485,123,806.53 | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 4,573,413,206,709.02 | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 4,245,946,980,572.3 | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 4,438,792,748,062.4 | -12.0% |
| 2000 | 5,042,381,838,343.44 | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 4,688,983,449,627.24 | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 4,150,359,076,370.48 | -9.4% |
| 1997 | 4,579,780,793,431.57 | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 5,021,441,618,840.38 | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 5,639,649,753,985.77 | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 5,104,063,486,348.4 | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 4,632,480,515,091.13 | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 4,064,529,567,505.43 | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 3,724,887,648,862.31 | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 3,252,994,239,867.4 | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 3,174,934,735,895.64 | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 3,191,546,727,316.14 | +21.1% |
| 1987 | 2,635,094,473,494.08 | +21.7% |
| 1986 | 2,164,729,071,349.48 | +48.6% |
| 1985 | 1,457,070,301,468.38 | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 1,374,165,212,365.14 | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 1,297,622,008,229.49 | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 1,183,132,285,328.17 | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 1,271,443,597,066.78 | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 1,153,159,955,513.08 | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 1,100,608,979,757.23 | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 1,057,419,758,047 | +40.5% |
| 1977 | 752,590,681,821.91 | +23.1% |
| 1976 | 611,495,350,303.91 | +12.4% |
| 1975 | 544,082,569,363.6 | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 500,355,087,138.05 | +11.0% |
| 1973 | 450,756,970,744.02 | +35.9% |
| 1972 | 331,776,379,991.59 | +32.4% |
| 1971 | 250,530,994,765.28 | +13.0% |
| 1970 | 221,798,003,144.44 | +17.9% |
| 1969 | 188,179,852,752.98 | +17.5% |
| 1968 | 160,201,483,788.15 | +18.4% |
| 1967 | 135,265,319,098.22 | +17.2% |
| 1966 | 115,427,351,851.28 | +16.1% |
| 1965 | 99,387,878,007.53 | +11.3% |
| 1964 | 89,332,989,729.34 | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 75,945,582,324.09 | +14.5% |
| 1962 | 66,356,388,224.37 | +13.5% |
| 1961 | 58,472,696,006.05 | +20.8% |
| 1960 | 48,417,804,544.93 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Japan’s GDP in 1961?
58,472,696,006.05 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Japan’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Japan’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +9060.2% in total — about 7.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 4,435,162,999,976.94; 2024: 4,190,008,188,358.57; 2023: 4,384,854,269,961.93; 2022: 4,447,976,207,314.78; 2021: 5,225,933,520,753.1. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.