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	Country statistical profile: Japan 2009

		Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	Gross domestic product
	Gross domestic product (GDP)	Bln USD curr. PPPs	3 246.3	3 330.6	3 417.2	3 510.1	3 710.0	3 872.8	4 093.3	4 295.9
	GDP per capita	USD current PPPs	25 593	26 195	26 814	27 483	29 039	30 310	32 040	33 626 e
	Gross national income (GNI) per capita	USD current PPPs	25 920	26 632	27 261	27 961	29 599	31 026	32 948	34 749 e
	Economic growth
	Real GDP growth	Annual growth %	2.9	0.2	0.3	1.4	2.7	1.9	2.4	2.1 e
	Net saving rate in household disposable income	%	8.9	5.2	5.1	3.9	3.6	3.8	3.0	..
	Gross fixed capital formation	% of GDP	25.2	24.7	23.3	22.8	22.7	23.3	23.5	23.2 e
	GDP per hour worked	Annual growth %	2.8	1.6	2.4	1.7	3.1	2.2	1.4	1.5
	GDP deflator	Annual growth %	-1.7	-1.2	-1.5	-1.6	-1.1	-1.2	-0.9	-0.7 e
	Economic structure
	Real value added: agriculture, forestry, fishing	Annual growth %	2.1	-2.4	6.0	-5.9	-7.1	3.6	-2.6	..
	Real value added: industry	Annual growth %	2.7	-4.2	-1.8	2.4	4.8	3.8	3.2	..
	Real value added: services	Annual growth %	1.9	2.1	1.7	1.2	1.1	1.9	0.5	..
	Government deficits and debt
	Government deficit	% of GDP	-7.6	-6.3	-8.0	-7.9	-6.2	-6.7	-1.4	-2.4
	General government debt	% of GDP	135.4	143.7	152.3	158.0	165.5	175.3	171.9	170.6
	Expenditure
	Public expenditure on health	% of GDP	6.2	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.5	..
	Total expenditure on health	% of GDP	7.7	7.9	8.0	8.1	8.0	8.2	8.1	..
	Public social expenditure	% of GDP	16.5	17.4	17.8	18.1	18.2	18.6	..	..
	Public pension expenditures	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Private pension expenditures	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Net official development assistance (Aid)	% of GNI	0.28	0.23	0.23	0.20	0.19	0.28	0.25	0.17
	Taxes
	Total tax revenue	% of GDP	27.0	27.3	26.2	25.7	26.3	27.4	27.9	..
	Taxes on income and profits	% of GDP	9.4	9.1	8.0	7.9	8.4	9.3	9.9	10.6
	Taxes on goods and services	% of GDP	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2
	Taxes on the average worker	% of labour cost	24.8	24.9	30.5	27.4	27.3	27.7	28.8	29.3
	Trade
	Trade in goods and services	% of GDP	10.3	10.2	10.7	11.2	12.3	13.6	15.4	16.8 e
	Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods	Bln USD	99.6	54.0	79.1	88.5	110.5	79.1	67.7	92.1
	Imports of goods	Bln USD	379.7	348.6	337.6	383.5	455.2	515.9	579.1	622.2
	Exports of goods	Bln USD	479.2	402.6	416.7	472.0	565.7	594.9	646.7	714.3
	Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services	Bln USD	-47.6	-43.7	-42.0	-35.5	-39.0	-27.9	-20.1	-23.2
	Imports of services	Bln USD	116.8	108.2	107.8	108.8	133.7	134.0	134.5	149.3
	Exports of services	Bln USD	69.2	64.5	65.7	73.3	94.7	106.1	114.4	126.2
	Current account balance of payments	% of GDP	2.6	2.1	2.9	3.2	3.7	3.6	3.8	4.8
	Foreign direct investment (FDI)
	Outward FDI stocks	Mln USD	278 441	..	..	335 500	370 544	386 581	449 567	..
	Inward FDI stocks	Mln USD	50 322	..	..	89 729	96 984	100 899	107 634	..
	Inflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	8 318	6 244	9 239	6 324	7 819	2 778	-6 503	22 548
	Outflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	31 539	38 349	32 280	28 799	30 963	45 830	50 244	73 545
	Prices and interest rates
	Consumer Price Indices (CPI): all items	2000 = 100	100.0	99.2	98.4	98.1	98.1	97.8	98.1	98.1
	Consumer Price Indices (CPI): food	2000 = 100	100.0	99.4	98.3	98.1	99.2	97.9	98.5	98.8
	Consumer Price Indices (CPI): energy	2000 = 100	100.0	100.5	98.1	98.2	99.8	103.5	109.6	111.4
	Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing	2000 = 100	100.0	97.7	95.6	94.8	95.9	97.8	99.9	101.5
	Long-term interest rates	%	1.74	1.32	1.26	1.00	1.49	1.35	1.74	1.67
	Purchasing power and exchange rates
	Purchasing power parities	ISK per USD	154.94	149.44	143.77	139.68	134.32	129.55	124.33	120.14
	Exchange rates	ISK per USD	107.77	121.53	125.39	115.93	108.19	110.22	116.30	117.75
	Indices of price levels	OECD = 100	153	137	127	123	121	115	106	97
	Energy supply and prices
	Total primary energy supply (TPES)	Mtoe	526.6	518.2	518.6	514.2	530.8	528.4	527.6	522.5
	Total primary energy supply per capita	Toe per capita	4.15	4.08	4.07	4.03	4.15	4.14	4.13	4.09
	TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs	Toe per '000 USD	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.15	0.14
	Renewables' contribution to total primary energy supply	%	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.1
	Crude oil import prices	USD per barrel	28.72	25.01	24.96	29.26	36.59	51.57	64.03	70.09
	Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
	ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation	%	15.0	15.1	14.8	14.8	14.6	14.3	13.8	..
	ICT-related occupations: total employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Households with access to the Internet	%	..	..	48.8	53.6	55.8	57.0	60.5	62.1
	Environment
	Water abstractions	Mln m3	86 972	..	..	..	..	..	83 538	..
	Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports	'000 tonnes	5 092	4 814	4 495	4 743	4 515	4 466	4 511	..
	Aquaculture	'000 tonnes	1 292	1 311	1 385	1 306	1 261	1 257	1 224	..
	Municipal waste total	'000 tonnes	54 830	..	..	..	..	..	52 730	..
	Municipal waste per capita	Kg	..	..	..	..	..	..	415	..
	CO2 emissions from fuel combustion	Mln tonnes	1 192	1 178	1 214	1 223	1 222	1 228	1 213	..
	Education
	University level: graduation rates in peer age group	%	29	32	33	34	35	36	39	..
	Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64	%	33.6	34.1	36.6	37.4	38.7	39.9	40.5	..
	Employment
	Employment rate in population aged 15-24	%	42.7	42.0	41.0	40.3	40.0	40.9	41.4	41.4
	Employment rate in population aged 25-54	%	78.6	78.6	78.0	78.3	78.6	79.0	79.6	80.2
	Employment rate in population aged 55-64	%	62.8	62.0	61.6	62.1	63.0	63.9	64.7	66.1
	Incidence of part-time employment	%	..	..	17.7	18.2	18.1	18.3	18.0	18.9
	Self-employment rate: total civilian employment	%	16.6	15.9	15.4	15.1	14.9	14.7	13.8	13.4
	Self-employment rate, men: male civilian employment	%	15.5	15.0	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.5	13.9	13.6
	Self-employment rate, women: female civilian employment	%	18.3	17.2	16.3	15.8	15.3	14.9	13.7	13.1
	Unemployment
	Unemployment rate: total civilian labour force	%	4.7	5.0	5.4	5.3	4.7	4.4	4.1	3.9
	Unemployment rate, men: male civilian labour force	%	4.9	5.2	5.5	5.5	4.9	4.6	4.3	3.9
	Unemployment rate, women: female civilian labour force	%	4.5	4.7	5.1	4.9	4.4	4.2	3.9	3.7
	Long-term unemployment: total unemployed	%	25.5	26.6	30.8	33.5	33.7	33.3	33.0	32.0
	Labour compensation and hours worked
	Labour compensation per hour, total economy	USD	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Average time worked per person in employment	Hours per year	1 821	1 809	1 798	1 799	1 787	1 775	1 784	1 785
	Research and Development (R&D)
	Gross domestic expenditure on R&D	% of GDP	3.04	3.12	3.17	3.20	3.17	3.32	3.39	..
	Researchers: full-time equivalent	Per '000 employed	9.9	10.4	10.1 \|	10.6	10.6	11.0	11.1	..
	Population
	Total population	'000 persons	126 926	127 291	127 435	127 619	127 687	127 768	127 770	127 771
	Population growth rates	%	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
	Total fertility rates	Children	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	..
	Ratio of population aged 65 and over to total	%	17.4	18.0	18.5	19.1	19.5	20.2	20.8	21.5
	International migration
	Net migration rate	Per '000 inhabitants	0.3 \|	-0.4	0.5	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	..
	Foreign-born population	% of population	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Foreign population	% of population	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	..
	Unemployment rate of native-born men	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Unemployment rate of foreign-born men	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Unemployment rate of native-born women	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Unemployment rate of foreign-born women	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Health
	Life expectancy at birth	Years	81.2	81.5	81.8	81.9	82.1	82.0	82.4	..
	Life expectancy at birth: men	Years	77.7	78.1	78.3	78.4	78.6	78.6	79.0	..
	Life expectancy at birth: women	Years	84.6	84.9	85.2	85.3	85.6	85.5	85.8	..
	Infant mortality	Per '000	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.6	..
	Society
	Suicide rates	Per 100 000 persons	..	..	..	..	20.3	..	..	..
	Household expenditure on recreation and culture	% of GDP	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.0	6.1	..
	Number of tourists	'000	4 757	4 772	5 239	5 212	6 138	6 728	7 334	8 347
	Road fatalities	Per mln inhabitants	93	89	85	78	75	70	65	52
Note: e: Estimated value \|: Break in series Last updated 6 April 2009
e	Estimated value
Source: For explanatory notes, see OECD Factbook 2009 (www.SourceOECD.org/factbook)

doi: 10.1787/20752288-2009-table-jpn