• Population: 127,587,800
• GNI PPP per capita in US$: $33,440 • Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 40% • Women as % of Parliament: 11% • CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): • Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 80% • Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel: 100% • Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: • Economy: Big Mac Index: $2.19 Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): N/A Human Development Index: 0.943 Technology Index: 5.68 Average Years of School for Adults: 9.5 Education Spending (as % of GDP): 3.6% Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Elementary): 19.5 Teachers as % of Labor Force: 58.6% • Health: Expenditure per Capita: $2831.1 Hospital Beds per 1000: 14.3 Physicians per 1000: 2 • Media: Televisions (total number): 677.27 Per Capita Televisions: 5.3 • % of GDP as Industry: 25.6% • Total Labour Force: 65.52 million • % of Labour Force in Industry: 25.2% • Unemployment Rate: 4.1% • Public Debt % of GDP: 226.1% • Inflation Rate: 0.2% • 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: $697 billion • 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 & %: China 18.1%, US 17.8%, South Korea 7.7%, Thailand 5.5%, Hong Kong 5.1% (2012) • Value of Imports: $766.6 billion • 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 & %: China 21.3%, US 8.8%, Australia 6.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%, UAE 5%, South Korea 4.6%, Qatar 4% • Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 97.44 yen per dollar • Electricity Production: 936.2 billion kWh • Electricity Consumption: 859.7 billion kWh • Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 63.5% • Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 17.1% • Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 7.8% • Electricity from Renewable Resources: 2.8% • Refined Oil Production: 3.862 million bbl/day • Refined Oil Consumption: 4.464 million bbl/day • Natural Gas Production: 3.273 billion cu • Natural Gas Consumption: 112.6 billion cu • # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 64.273 million • # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 138.363 million • # of Internet Hosts: 64.453 million • # of Internet Users: 99.182 million • # of Airports (total): 175 • # of Airports with Paved Runways: 142 • # of km of Roadways (total): 1,210,251 km • # of Paved Roadways: 973,234 km • # of km Waterways: 1770 km • Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yokohama |