International rankings of Japan explained

The following are international rankings of Japan.

Cities

See also: List of metropolitan areas in Japan by population.

• Tokyo-Yokohama, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, ranked 2
• Tokyo-Yokohama, Population of urban area ranked 1
• Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto, Population of urban area ranked 10
• Osaka, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, ranked 11
• Nagoya, Population of urban area ranked 24

Demographics

See also: Ethnic issues in Japan, Gaijin and Aging of Japan.

• Population ranked 11 out of 228 countries and territories
• Population density ranked 37 out of 242 countries and territories
• The World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 1 out of 191 countries and territories^[1]
• Total immigrant population ranked 20 out of 192 countries^{[2] [3]}

Economy

See main article: Economy of Japan.

See also: Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan.

• IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, ranked 19 out of 60 economies ^[4]
• The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked 17 out of 157 countries^[5]
• The Economist: Quality-of-life Index 2005, ranked 17 out of 111 countries^[6]
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, ranked 6 out of 125 countries^[7]

Education

See main article: Education in Japan.

• Education Index 2007, ranked 35 out of 181 countries
• OECD Programme for International Student Assessment 2012,
  • ranked 7 out of 65 countries in maths
  • ranked 4 out of 65 countries in sciences
  • ranked 4 out of 65 countries in reading
• Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012
  • University of Tokyo, ranked 30 in the world,^[8] 1 in Asia.^[9]
  • Kyoto University, ranked 52 in the world, 5 in Asia.

Environment

See main article: Environment of Japan.

• Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index 2012, ranked 23 out of 132 countries

Geography

See main article: Geography of Japan.

• Total area ranked 61 out of 233 countries

Globalization

• KOF

Index of Globalization 2007, ranked 40 out of 122 countries^[10]

• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 28 out of 62 countries^[11]

Industry

See main article: Manufacturing industries of Japan.

• Shipbuilding total completed ships 2005, ranked 1^[12]
• OICA automobile production 2014, ranked 3 out of 53 countries^[13]
• The World Factbook: Steel Production 2014, ranked 2 out of 42 countries
• Electricity Production 2010, ranked 3 out of 210 countries

Military

See main article: Japan Self-Defense Forces.

• Center for Strategic and International Studies

active troops ranked 22 out of 166 countries^[14]

Political

See main article: Politics of Japan.

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, ranked 20 out of 180 countries^[15]
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked 29 out of 173 countries^[16]
• V-Dem Democracy indices

ranked 2023 23rd out of 179 countries^[17]

• Democracy Index (The Economist) ranked 2022 16th out of 167 countries^[18]

Society

See main article: Culture of Japan.

• United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked 12 out of 187 countries^[19]
• Institute for Economics and Peace

Global Peace Index 2014, ranked 8 out of 162

• New Economics Foundation

Happy Planet Index 2012, ranked 45 out of 151

• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked 29 out of 110 countries^[20]
• World Health Organization

suicide rate, ranked 10 out of 100 countries^[21]

• University of Leicester

Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 90 out of 178 countries^[22]

• Gallup Global Wellbeing Index 2010, ranked 84 out of 155^[23]
• Cigarette consumption ranked 12^[24]

Technology

• World Intellectual Property Organization

Patent applications 2012, ranked 1

• World Intellectual Property Organization

Patent granted 2012, ranked 1

• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 8 in online government services^[25]
• Number of mobile phones in use ranked 9 ^[26]
• Number of broadband Internet users ranked 3
• Economist Intelligence Unit

E-readiness 2008, ranked 18 out of 45 countries

• World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked 19 out of 127 countries^[27]
• United Nations

e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked 11 out of 50 countries^[28]

• Futron: Space Competitiveness Index, 2012, ranked 4

Tourism

See main article: Tourism in Japan.

• World Tourism Organization

World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked 28^[29]

• World Economic Forum

Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, ranked 14 out of 140

• World Heritage Site 2014, ranked 18

Transportation

See main article: Transport in Japan.

• Total rapid transit systems ranked 3

Notes and References

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2. https://books.google.com/books?id=YgSsp6S1qnkC&pg=PP1 "World Population Policies 2005"
3. https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006Migration_Chart/2006IttMig_chart.htm "International Migration 2006"
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7. Web site: Global Competitiveness Report 2019. World Economic Forum. 2021-07-12. 2019-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20191009154918/https://www.weforum.org/reports/how-to-end-a-decade-of-lost-productivity-growth/. live.
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11. http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/Globalization-Index_FP_Nov-Dec-06_S.pdf Globalization Index 2006
12. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, World Fleet Statistics
13. http://oica.net/wp-content/uploads/all-vehicles.pdf OICA
14. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060626_asia_balance_powers.pdf Asia balance of power
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16. Web site: RSF . https://web.archive.org/web/20081022233825/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29031 . dead . October 22, 2008 . Bienvenue sur le site de Reporter sans frontières | RSF.
17. Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Nazifa Alizada, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Garry Hindle, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundström, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, Steven Wilson and Daniel Ziblatt. 2021. "V-Dem [Country–Year/Country–Date] Dataset v11.1" Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdemds21.
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20. http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf State of the World's Mothers 2007
21. Web site: World Health Organization suicide country reports . 2009-01-11 . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050612024141/http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html . 2005-06-12 . bot: unknown .
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27. http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/2008/Rankings.pdf weforum.org
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