Japan's hdi rose from 0.9 in 1994 to 0.9 in 2023.
Japan · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
Japan's life satisfaction rose from 6.1 in 2011 to 6.1 in 2025.
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- Life expectancydown −0.0 yrs10th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −0.2 yrs2nd of 185
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- Gini indexdown −2.1 %26th of 70*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −7.9 %57th of 200
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- Homicide ratedown −0.9 %3rd of 83
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- Safe drinking waterunchanged +0.0 pts34th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +0.5 pts77th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs55th of 195
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- Unemploymentdown −0.0 pts25th of 185
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts141st of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Japan.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data