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Median income in Japan

How much does the typical person actually live on?

Japan's median income is $23,208 PPP — #30 of 42 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2021.

$23,208PPP

Checked 9 Sept 2026Period 2021

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

Among 42 countries

1 of 42 countries between $5,399 PPP and $7,440 PPP2 of 42 countries between $7,440 PPP and $9,480 PPP1 of 42 countries between $11,521 PPP and $13,562 PPP2 of 42 countries between $13,562 PPP and $15,603 PPP1 of 42 countries between $15,603 PPP and $17,643 PPP1 of 42 countries between $19,684 PPP and $21,725 PPP5 of 42 countries between $21,725 PPP and $23,765 PPP2 of 42 countries between $23,765 PPP and $25,806 PPP1 of 42 countries between $25,806 PPP and $27,847 PPP2 of 42 countries between $27,847 PPP and $29,888 PPP1 of 42 countries between $29,888 PPP and $31,928 PPP2 of 42 countries between $31,928 PPP and $33,969 PPP1 of 42 countries between $33,969 PPP and $36,010 PPP3 of 42 countries between $36,010 PPP and $38,050 PPP4 of 42 countries between $38,050 PPP and $40,091 PPP1 of 42 countries between $40,091 PPP and $42,132 PPP3 of 42 countries between $42,132 PPP and $44,173 PPP3 of 42 countries between $44,173 PPP and $46,213 PPP1 of 42 countries between $46,213 PPP and $48,254 PPP1 of 42 countries between $48,254 PPP and $50,295 PPP2 of 42 countries between $50,295 PPP and $52,336 PPP2 of 42 countries between $52,336 PPP and $54,376 PPPmedian $33,830 PPPJapan: ahead of 29 % of the 42 countries with a published median incomeJapan $23,208 PPP$5,399 PPP$54,376 PPP
Half of all 42 countries sit between $23,107 PPP and $42,543 PPP. Japan is ahead of 29 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 1 value beyond it sits in the end bars.
Rank
#30 of 42
higher is better
Ranked behind
29 %
12 of 42 countries

vs median $34,483 PPP: −33 % (worse)

The neighbourhood

#CountryMedian incomevs Japan
28 Portugal$25,673 PPP+$2,465 PPP
29 Lithuania$25,094 PPP+$1,886 PPP
30 Japan$23,208 PPP—
31 Bulgaria$23,138 PPP−$70 PPP
32 Slovakia$23,107 PPP−$101 PPP

Median disposable income after tax and transfers, USD PPP (OECD) — equivalised, so it is the income of a single-person household with the same living standard, not a family’s total.

How to read this figure

Median equivalised disposable income (OECD IDD): income left after taxes and transfers, converted at purchasing power parity. Equivalised means divided down by household size, so it expresses the standard of living of a single-person household — a couple with two children reaching the same standard actually takes in about twice this figure. The median resists the distortion billionaires cause in averages, which makes it the better "how is the typical person doing" number and the denominator for affordability maths.

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