Population: 127,587,800
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $33,440 Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 40% Women as % of Parliament: 11% CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 9.5 Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 80% Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel: 100% (%):Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating:N/A Economy: Big Mac Index: $2.19 Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): -1.19 % Economy: Human Development Index: 0.943 Economy: Technology Index: 5.68 Education: Average Years of School for Adults: 9.5 Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP): 3.6% Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 19.15 Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force: 3% Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $2,831.1 Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000:14.3 Health: Physicians Per 1000: 2 Media: Televisions (total number): 86,500,000 Media: Per Capita Televisions: 1.47 |
% of GDP as Industry: 27.5%
Total Labor Force: 65.02 million (2012 est.) % of Labor Force in Industry: 26.2% Unemployment Rate: 4.4% (2012 est.) Public Debt % of GDP: 214.3% of GDP (2012 est.) Inflation Rate: 0.1% (2012 est.) Industries: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods Value of Exports: $792.9 billion (2012 est.) Export Commodities: motor vehicles 13.6%; semiconductors 6.2%; iron and steel products 5.5%; auto parts 4.6%; plastic materials 3.5%; power generating machinery 3.5% Export Partners and %: China 19.7%, US 15.5%, South Korea 8%, Hong Kong 5.2%, Thailand 4.6% (2011) Value of Imports: $856.9 billion (2012 est.) Import Commodities: petroleum 15.5%; liquid natural gas 5.7%; clothing 3.9%; semiconductors 3.5%; coal 3.5%; audio and visual apparatus 2.7% Import Partners and %: China 21.5%, US 8.9%, Australia 6.6%, Saudi Arabia 5.9%, UAE 5%, South Korea 4.7% (2011) Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 79.42 (2012 est.) Electricity Production: 936.2 billion kWh (2012 est.) Electricity Consumption: 859.7 billion kWh (2012 est.) Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 63.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 17.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 7.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Electricity from Renewable Sources: 2.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Refined Oil Production: 3.861 million bbl/day (2009 est.) Refined Oil Consumption: 4.464 million bbl/day (2011 est.) Natural Gas Production: 3.276 billion cu m (2012 est.) Natural Gas Consumption: 112.6 billion cu m (2011 est.) # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 64.668 million (2011) # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 132.76 million (2011) # of Internet Hosts: 64.453 million (2012) # of Internet Users: 99.182 million (2009) # of Airports (total): 175 (2012) # of Airports with Paved Runways: 143 # of km of Roadways (total): 1,210,251 km # of km of Roadways Paved: 973,234 km # km of Waterways: 1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2010) Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yokohama |