GDP (Gross Domestic Product): Japan
Current Value (2024)
$4,027,597,523,550.58
All-Time Peak (2012)
$6,272,362,996,105.03
All-Time Low (1960)
$47,419,238,274.462
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) — Japan
Analysis# Japan's GDP Analysis
Japan's economy has contracted approximately 36% from its 2012 peak of $6.27 trillion to $4.03 trillion in 2024, reflecting two decades of economic stagnation following the asset bubble collapse of the early 1990s and subsequent deflationary pressures. Despite this decline in nominal GDP, Japan's per-capita productivity and living standards remained relatively stable due to demographic contraction, indicating structural rather than cyclical weakness. The 85-fold expansion from 1960 ($47.4 billion) to 2012 demonstrates Japan's postwar transformation into the world's third-largest economy, though it has since been surpassed by China
Historical Data
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,027,597,523,550.58 | -4.40% |
| 2023 | $4,213,167,237,905.83 | -1.16% |
| 2022 | $4,262,463,317,796.53 | -15.41% |
| 2021 | $5,039,148,168,861.22 | -0.30% |
| 2020 | $5,054,068,005,376.28 | -1.25% |
| 2019 | $5,117,993,853,016.51 | +1.53% |
| 2018 | $5,040,880,939,324.86 | +2.23% |
| 2017 | $4,930,837,369,151.42 | -1.46% |
| 2016 | $5,003,677,627,544.24 | +12.57% |
| 2015 | $4,444,930,651,964.18 | -9.23% |
| 2014 | $4,896,994,405,353.29 | -6.05% |
| 2013 | $5,212,328,181,166.18 | -16.90% |
| 2012 | $6,272,362,996,105.03 | +0.63% |
| 2011 | $6,233,147,172,341.35 | +8.23% |
| 2010 | $5,759,071,769,013.11 | +8.88% |
| 2009 | $5,289,493,117,993.89 | +3.58% |
| 2008 | $5,106,679,115,127.3 | +11.51% |
| 2007 | $4,579,750,920,354.81 | -0.48% |
| 2006 | $4,601,663,122,649.92 | -4.76% |
| 2005 | $4,831,467,035,389.8 | -1.26% |
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| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | $4,893,116,005,656.56 | +8.27% |
| 2003 | $4,519,561,645,253.53 | +8.05% |
| 2002 | $4,182,846,045,873.61 | -4.39% |
| 2001 | $4,374,711,694,090.87 | -11.95% |
| 2000 | $4,968,359,075,956.59 | +7.17% |
| 1999 | $4,635,982,224,063.88 | +13.12% |
| 1998 | $4,098,362,709,531.24 | -8.77% |
| 1997 | $4,492,448,605,638.94 | -8.75% |
| 1996 | $4,923,391,533,851.63 | -11.22% |
| 1995 | $5,545,563,663,889.7 | +10.94% |
| 1994 | $4,998,797,547,740.97 | +10.18% |
| 1993 | $4,536,940,479,038.25 | +13.97% |
| 1992 | $3,980,702,922,117.66 | +9.12% |
| 1991 | $3,648,065,760,648.88 | +14.51% |
| 1990 | $3,185,904,656,663.85 | +2.46% |
| 1989 | $3,109,455,047,823.93 | -0.52% |
| 1988 | $3,125,724,434,400.79 | +21.12% |
| 1987 | $2,580,748,422,781.09 | +21.73% |
| 1986 | $2,120,083,812,109.91 | +48.57% |
| 1985 | $1,427,019,759,717.41 | +6.03% |
| 1984 | $1,345,824,500,836.76 | +5.90% |
| 1983 | $1,270,859,919,742.9 | +9.68% |
| 1982 | $1,158,731,426,905.85 | -6.95% |
| 1981 | $1,245,221,410,764.15 | +10.26% |
| 1980 | $1,129,377,244,854.04 | +4.77% |
| 1979 | $1,077,910,077,676.37 | +4.08% |
| 1978 | $1,035,611,588,216.59 | +40.50% |
| 1977 | $737,069,290,927.712 | +23.07% |
| 1976 | $598,883,902,155.605 | +12.39% |
| 1975 | $532,861,438,884.724 | +8.74% |
| 1974 | $490,035,789,970.299 | +11.00% |
| 1973 | $441,460,582,535.921 | +35.86% |
| 1972 | $324,933,841,268.585 | +32.43% |
| 1971 | $245,364,056,622.363 | +12.95% |
| 1970 | $217,223,652,719.444 | +17.86% |
| 1969 | $184,298,841,304.667 | +17.46% |
| 1968 | $156,897,496,759.128 | +18.44% |
| 1967 | $132,475,614,226.519 | +17.19% |
| 1966 | $113,046,784,179.289 | +16.14% |
| 1965 | $97,338,107,605.824 | +11.26% |
| 1964 | $87,490,590,817.98 | +17.63% |
| 1963 | $74,379,284,603.388 | +14.45% |
| 1962 | $64,987,857,541.626 | +13.48% |
| 1961 | $57,266,758,179.588 | +20.77% |
| 1960 | $47,419,238,274.462 | — |