Japan's gni per capita fell from US$44.7k in 1996 to US$38.3k in 2025.
Japan · Income & inequality
Living standards, poverty and distribution.
10 indicators · 7 with data
Income
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
current international $
30th of 181 · 6th in East Asia & Pacific
Japan's gni per capita, ppp (current international $) rose from intl $25.8k in 1996 to intl $58.9k in 2025.
Household consumption per capita (constant 2015 US$)
constant 2015 US$
27th of 159 · 6th in East Asia & Pacific
Japan's household consumption per capita (constant 2015 us$) rose from US$16.7k in 1995 to US$19.8k in 2024.
Inequality
Gini index
index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
26th of 70 · 1st in East Asia & Pacific*
Japan's gini index fell from 34.6 in 2008 to 32.3 in 2020.
Japan's income share held by highest 10% fell from 25.9 % in 2008 to 24.3 % in 2020.
Japan's income share held by lowest 20% rose from 6.2 % in 2008 to 6.8 % in 2020.
Poverty
Japan's extreme poverty rose from 1.1 % in 2008 to 1.2 % in 2020.
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Japan.