What is the current inflation rate in Japan?

Japan's consumer price inflation is 1.7% year-on-year as of Jun 2026.

How big is Japan's economy?

Japan's nominal GDP was $4.44T in 2025.

Japan's unemployment rate is 2.4% as of Jul 2026.

We use primary economic sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify it.

Name: Japan economic indicators
Creator: EconomicsAPI

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
GDP, current prices, USD	$4.44T	$4.19T	$6.33T	$48.4B	Dec 2025	Annual
Real GDP growth, YoY	0.5%	0.4%	8.7%	-9.5%	Jun 2026	Quarterly
Inflation rate, CPI YoY	1.7%	1.5%	24.8%	-2.5%	Jun 2026	Monthly
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.5%	5.5%	1.0%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Policy / benchmark interest rate	1.0%	1.0%	9.0%	-0.1%	Aug 2026	Monthly
Government debt % GDP	206.5%	214.5%	228.8%	41.4%	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
GDP, current prices, USD	$4.44T	$4.19T	$6.33T	$48.4B	Dec 2025	Annual
Full-Year GDP Growth	1.2%	-0.2%	6.7%	-5.9%	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP per capita, PPP	Int$55,422	Int$54,156	Int$55,422	Int$20,331	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP per capita, current USD	$35,951	$33,797	$49,627	$519	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP, PPP, international $	Int$6.84T	Int$6.71T	Int$6.84T	Int$2.51T	Dec 2025	Annual
Real GDP growth, YoY	0.5%	0.4%	8.7%	-9.5%	Jun 2026	Quarterly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Total population	123.4M	124.0M	128.1M	93.2M	Dec 2025	Annual
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.5%	5.5%	1.0%	Jul 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Inflation rate, CPI YoY	1.7%	1.5%	24.8%	-2.5%	Jun 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Policy / benchmark interest rate	1.0%	1.0%	9.0%	-0.1%	Aug 2026	Monthly
Private credit / GDP	187.4%	187.1%	215.3%	103.8%	Dec 2025	Annual
Official / period-average FX vs USD	158.74 per USD	162.61 per USD	360.00 per USD	76.77 per USD	Aug 2026	Monthly
Foreign-exchange reserves (ex-gold)	$1.29T	$1.29T	$1.42T	$338.6B	Jul 2026	Monthly
Money supply M2	1630.28T LCU	1631.84T LCU	1641.98T LCU	1008.97T LCU	Feb 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Consumer Confidence	35.50	34.90	51.00	21.90	Aug 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Current account % GDP	4.9%	4.6%	4.9%	0.7%	Dec 2025	Annual
Current Account Goods	$3.0B	$4.7B	$34.5B	$-40.8B	Mar 2026	Quarterly
Current Account Services	$-7.4B	$-3.7B	$2.4B	$-16.3B	Mar 2026	Quarterly
FDI inflows	$45.8B	$18.9B	$62.6B	$-2.4B	Dec 2025	Annual
Gold Reserves	$109.5B	$109.5B	$142.0B	$6.3B	Jul 2026	Monthly
Personal remittances, received	$4.7B	$4.6B	$5.4B	$90.0M	Dec 2025	Annual
Tourism Revenues	$15.1B	$16.8B	$17.8B	$767.0M	Mar 2026	Quarterly
Exports	$778.9B	$778.5B	—	—	2025	Annual
Imports	$742.0B	—	—	—	2025	Annual

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	China	$294B	19.3%	+3.6%
2	United States	$236B	15.5%	-0.7%
3	South Korea	$78.7B	5.2%	-0.3%
4	Australia	$58.1B	3.8%	-12%
5	Thailand	$54.9B	3.6%	+3.5%
6	Refined industrial goods	$45.6B	2.9%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$38.5B	2.5%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$31.3B	2.0%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$24.2B	1.6%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$17B	1.2%	-5.4%

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Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Budget balance % GDP	-1.1%	-1.7%	1.9%	-9.9%	Dec 2025	Annual
Government debt % GDP	206.5%	214.5%	228.8%	41.4%	Dec 2025	Annual
Military expenditure	1.4%	1.1%	1.4%	0.8%	Dec 2024	Annual
Military expenditure, current USD	$55.3B	$48.2B	$60.8B	$480.6M	Dec 2024	Annual
Government Spending to GDP	36.9%	37.3%	43.6%	28.5%	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Composite Leading Indicator	100	100	106	94.53	Jun 2026	Monthly
Industrial production YoY	2.5%	0.7%	30.2%	-33.3%	Jun 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Age-dependency ratio	70.2%	70.1%	70.3%	42.9%	Dec 2025	Annual
Total fertility rate	1.15 births per woman	1.20 births per woman	2.23 births per woman	1.15 births per woman	Dec 2024	Annual
Life expectancy at birth	84.04 years	84.04 years	84.56 years	67.70 years	Dec 2024	Annual
Working-age population	72.5M	72.9M	87.5M	60.1M	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Hospital beds per 1,000	12.59 per 1,000 people	12.60 per 1,000 people	15.60 per 1,000 people	9.00 per 1,000 people	Dec 2022	Annual
Health expenditure % GDP	10.7%	12.3%	12.3%	7.0%	Dec 2023	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
CO2 emissions	972 Mt CO₂	1,002 Mt CO₂	1,323 Mt CO₂	846 Mt CO₂	Dec 2024	Annual
Energy use per capita	3,006 kg oil eq. per capita	3,039 kg oil eq. per capita	4,085 kg oil eq. per capita	3,006 kg oil eq. per capita	Dec 2024	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
ICT goods exports, % of goods exports	7.6%	7.7%	22.2%	7.5%	Dec 2024	Annual
ICT service exports, % of service exports	6.0%	5.1%	6.6%	1.1%	Dec 2025	Annual
Research & development expenditure % GDP	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	2.6%	Dec 2023	Annual
High-technology exports, % of manufactured exports	17.6%	17.1%	20.4%	17.0%	Dec 2024	Annual