page_title: Economy of Japan
section_title: Other economic indicators
hierarchical_section_title: Economy of Japan / Other economic indicators
caption_attribution_description: English: Balance of payments by country as of 2006
context_page_description: The economy of Japan is a highly developed free-market economy. It is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity. and is the world's second largest developed economy. Japan is a member of the G7 and GroupofTwenty. According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's per capita GDP was at $38,937. Due to a volatile currency exchange rate, Japan's GDP as measured in dollars fluctuates sharply. Accounting for these fluctuations through the use of the Atlas method, Japan is estimated to have a GDP per capita of around $38,490. The Japanese economy is forecast by the Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment conducted by the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 presents the monthly report of top blue chip equities on Japan Exchange Group, which is the world's third-largest stock exchange by market capitalisation. In 2018, Japan was the world's fourth-largest importer and the fourth-largest exporter. It has the world's second-largest foreign-exchange reserves worth $1.3 trillion. It ranks 29th on Ease of doing business index and 5th on Global Competitiveness Report. It ranks first in the world in the Economic Complexity Index.
context_section_description: Net international investment position: 266,223 \ billion (1st)
  Industrial Production Growth Rate: 7.5% (2010 est.)
  Investment (gross fixed): 20.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
  Household income or consumption by percentage share:
  Lowest 10%: 4.8%
  Highest 10%: 21.7% (1993)
  Agriculture – Products: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fish
  Exports – Commodities: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, chemicals
  Imports – Commodities: machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials (2001)
  Exchange rates:
  Japanese Yen per US$1 – 88.67 (2010), 93.57 (2009), 103.58 (2008), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 109.69 (2005), 115.93 (2003), 125.39 (2002), 121.53 (2001), 105.16 (January 2000), 113.91 (1999), 130.91 (1998), 120.99 (1997), 108.78 (1996), 94.06 (1995)
  Electricity:
  Electricity – consumption: 925.5 billion kWh (2008)
  Electricity – production: 957.9 billion kWh (2008 est.)
  Electricity – exports: 0 kWh (2008)
  Electricity – imports: 0 kWh (2008)
  Electricity – Production by source:
  Fossil Fuel: 69.7%
  Hydro: 7.3%
  Nuclear: 22.5%
  Other: 0.5% (2008)
  Electricity – Standards:
  100 volts at 50 Hz from the Ōi River (in Shizuoka) Northward;
  100 volts at 60 Hz Southward
  Oil:
  production: 132,700 bbl/d (21,100 m³/d) (2009) (46th)
  consumption: 4,363,000 bbl/d (693,700 m³/d) (2009) (3rd)
  exports: 380,900 barrels per day (60,560 m³/d) (2008) (64th)
  imports: 5,033,000 barrels per day (800,200 m³/d) (2008) (2nd)
  net imports: 4,620,000 barrels per day (735,000 m³/d) (2008 est.)
  proved reserves: 44,120,000 bbl (7,015,000 m³) (1 January 2010 est.)
caption: Current account balance 2006[232]
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