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GDP growth in Japan

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Japan's gdp growth is 1.19 % — #97 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

1.19%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Japan over time

4.14 %-0.90 %-5.94 %4.14 % · 2010-5.94 % · 20092000: 2.98 %2001: 0.28 %2002: 0.08 %2003: 1.38 %2004: 2.11 %2005: 1.85 %2006: 1.55 %2007: 1.73 %2008: -1.17 %2009: -5.94 %2010: 4.14 %2011: -0.20 %2012: 1.65 %2013: 2.00 %2014: 0.91 %2015: 1.80 %2016: 0.70 %2017: 1.62 %2018: 0.83 %2019: -0.31 %2020: -4.28 %2021: 3.56 %2022: 1.33 %2023: 0.72 %2024: -0.24 %2025: 1.19 %2000201220251.19 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#97 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
24 %
30 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.43 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.94 pp
peak 4.14 % in 2010
Full series
▼ 1.79 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #30 of 36vs median 2.90 %: −1.71 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Japan: ahead of 24 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthJapan 1.19 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Japan is ahead of 24 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Japan
95 Switzerland1.30 %+0.11 pp
96 Belarus1.30 %+0.11 pp
97 Japan1.19 %—
98 South Africa1.11 %−0.08 pp
99 Norway1.09 %−0.11 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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