List of Japanese prefectures by GDP explained

This is a list of Japanese prefectures by GDP. Prefectural statistics are estimates of economic activity at the prefecture level calculated in accordance with Japan's national accounts.

Methodology

The article lists the GDP of Japanese prefectures in main fiscal years, where all figures are obtained from the . Calculating GDP of Japanese prefectures is based on Japanese yen (JP¥), for easy comparison, all the GDP figures are converted into United States dollar (US$) or Renminbi (CN¥) according to current annual average exchange rates.

Note that due to heavy changes in yen/yuan/dollar rates, nominal GDP may not reflect relative economic strength in foreign currency terms, meaning that comparisons between years and prefectures are most meaningful in the native currency, the yen.

In 2011, the yen/dollar rate is 79.8 (average), valuing Japan's nominal 2011 GDP figure of 468.1 trillion yen,^[1] at US $5.87 trillion or 37.9 trillion yuan (at 6.4588/dollar). That is less than the revised 2011 figure for China of 47.16 trillion yuan.^[2] Using May 2013 exchange rates, the yen/dollar rate is 100, valuing Japan's 2011 nominal GDP at US $4.68 trillion or 28.688 trillion yuan (at 6.13/dollar).

2019 list

Average annual exchange rate in 2019: JPY 109.0034 per U.S. dollar
Rank	Region	2019 GDP(in millions of JP¥)	2019 GDP(in millions of US$)	Share of Japan GDP(%)
		580,766,947	5,327,971	100
1	Kanto	115,682,412	1,061,274	19.9
2	Kansai	41,188,364	377,863	7.1
3	Chuubu	40,910,717	375,316	7.0
4	Kanto	35,205,391	322,975	6.1
5	Kanto	23,642,796	216,900	4.1
6	Kansai	22,195,171	203,619	3.8
7	Kanto	21,279,583	195,219	3.7
8	Hokkaido	20,464,601	187,743	3.5
9	Kyushu	19,942,412	182,952	3.4
10	Chuubu	17,866,284	163,906	3.1
11	Kanto	14,092,237	129,283	2.4
12	Chugoku	11,969,086	109,805	2.1
13	Kansai	10,766,100	98,769	1.9
14	Tohoku	9,829,354	90,174.8	1.7
15	Kanto	9,308,340	85,395.0	1.6
16	Kanto	9,261,942	84,969.3	1.6
17	Chuubu	9,185,179	84,265.1	1.6
18	Chuubu	8,454,339	77,560.3	1.5
19	Kansai	8,086,393	74,184.8	1.4
20	Tohoku	7,987,042	73,273.3	1.4
21	Chuubu	7,936,830	72,812.7	1.4
22	Chugoku	7,842,490	71,947.2	1.4
23	Kansai	6,922,569	63,507.8	1.2
24	Kyushu	6,363,425	58,378.2	1.1
25	Chugoku	6,350,497	58,259.6	1.1
26	Kyushu	5,772,861	52,960.4	1.0
27	Shikoku	5,148,271	47,230.4	0.9
28	Chuubu	4,910,232	45,046.6	0.8
29	Tohoku	4,847,594	44,472.0	0.8
30	Kyushu	4,789,758	43,941.4	0.8
31	Chuubu	4,779,462	43,846.9	0.8
32	Kyushu	4,633,329	42,506.3	0.8
33	Tohoku	4,533,207	41,587.8	0.8
34	Kyushu	4,525,054	41,513.0	0.8
35	Tohoku	4,336,714	39,785.1	0.7
36	Shikoku	4,008,678	36,775.7	0.7
37	Kansai	3,925,192	36,009.8	0.7
38	Kansai	3,744,551	34,352.6	0.6
39	Kyushu	3,703,950	33,980.1	0.6
40	Chuubu	3,694,563	33,894.0	0.6
41	Tohoku	3,624,750	33,253.6	0.6
42	Chuubu	3,566,046	32,715.0	0.6
43	Shikoku	3,222,366	29,562.1	0.6
44	Kyushu	3,219,595	29,536.7	0.6
45	Chugoku	2,689,278	24,671.5	0.5
46	Shikoku	2,464,567	22,610.0	0.4
47	Chugoku	1,893,375	17,369.9	0.3

2014 list

List of Japanese prefectures by GDP in 2014 (in millions)^[3] !Prefecture!Rank!2014 GDP
(in millions of JP¥) !2014 GDP
(in millions of US$ PPP) !Share of
Japan GDP(%)
	514,296,000	4,990,640	100
1	94,902,100	920,914	18.453
2	37,934,000	368,105	7.376
3	35,990,300	349,244	6.998
4	30,322,000	294,240	5.896
5	20,914,400	202,950	4.067
6	20,044,900	194,513	3.898
7	19,788,100	192,020	3.848
8	18,484,600	179,372	3.594
9	18,112,200	175,757	3.522
10	15,442,500	149,852	3.003
11	11,612,400	112,685	2.258
12	11,237,900	109,051	2.185
13	10,053,800	97,560	1.955
14	8,895,850	86,324	1.730
15	8,699,070	84,414	1.691
16	8,182,900	79,406	1.591
17	8,005,480	77,684	1.557
18	7,886,950	76,534	1.534
19	7,656,380	74,296	1.489
20	7,399,860	71,807	1.439
21	7,242,770	70,289	1.408
22	7,208,830	69,953	1.402
23	5,969,040	57,923	1.161
24	5,845,870	56,727	1.137
25	5,599,930	54,341	1.089
26	5,330,340	51,725	1.036
27	4,756,500	46,156	0.925
28	4,647,040	45,094	0.904
29	4,588,050	44,522	0.892
30	4,452,550	43,207	0.866
31	4,427,910	42,968	0.861
32	4,310,310	41,827	0.838
33	4,142,640	40,200	0.805
34	4,051,060	39,311	0.788
35	3,754,560	36,434	0.730
36	3,672,270	35,635	0.714
37	3,643,440	35,355	0.708
38	3,579,030	34,730	0.696
39	3,540,710	34,359	0.688
40	3,458,570	33,561	0.672
41	3,129,990	30,373	0.609
42	3,118,690	30,263	0.606
43	3,012,330	29,231	0.586
44	2,737,220	26,562	0.532
45	2,382,270	23,117	0.463
46	2,349,510	22,799	0.457
47	1,779,180	17,265	0.346

2007 list

List of Japanese prefectures by GDP in 2007 (in millions)
Prefecture	Rank	2007 GDP (in millions of JP¥)	2007 GDP (in millions of US$)	2007 GDP (in millions of CN¥)	Share of Japan GDP(%)
Japan		520,249,100	4,418,122	33,624,750	100
	1	92,300,500	783,845	5,965,570	17.742
	2	38,921,800	330,536	2,515,590	7.481
	3	37,171,900	315,676	2,402,490	7.145
	4	31,960,300	271,417	2,065,660	6.143
	5	21,108,100	179,257	1,364,260	4.057
	6	19,650,900	166,882	1,270,080	3.777
	7	19,135,700	162,506	1,236,780	3.678
	8	18,510,900	157,200	1,196,400	3.558
	9	18,458,400	156,755	1,193,000	3.548
	10	16,927,500	143,754	1,094,060	3.254
	11	11,981,500	101,751	774,390	2.303
	12	11,577,900	98,323	748,300	2.225
	13	10,092,700	85,710	652,310	1.940
	14	8,979,400	76,256	580,360	1.726
	15	8,285,500	70,363	535,510	1.593
	16	8,268,500	70,219	534,410	1.589
	17	8,207,100	69,697	530,440	1.578
	18	8,147,900	69,195	526,620	1.566
	19	7,883,400	66,948	509,520	1.515
	20	7,532,500	63,968	486,840	1.448
	21	7,498,200	63,677	484,620	1.441
	22	7,386,400	62,728	477,400	1.420
	23	6,017,100	51,099	388,900	1.157
	24	5,840,300	49,598	377,470	1.123
	25	5,745,300	48,791	371,330	1.104
	26	5,464,300	46,405	353,170	1.050
	27	4,942,100	41,970	319,420	0.950
	28	4,709,100	39,991	304,360	0.905
	29	4,654,300	39,526	300,820	0.895
	30	4,570,200	38,812	295,380	0.878
	31	4,544,400	38,592	293,710	0.874
	32	4,474,600	38,000	289,200	0.860
	33	4,282,200	36,366	276,770	0.823
	34	4,208,700	35,742	272,020	0.809
	35	3,808,500	32,343	246,150	0.732
	36	3,749,900	31,845	242,360	0.721
	37	3,663,700	31,113	236,790	0.704
	38	3,662,000	31,099	236,680	0.704
	39	3,531,600	29,991	228,250	0.679
	40	3,403,400	28,903	219,970	0.654
	41	3,308,100	28,093	213,810	0.636
	42	3,236,400	27,485	209,180	0.622
	43	3,011,600	25,575	194,650	0.579
	44	2,643,700	22,451	170,870	0.508
	45	2,506,200	21,283	161,980	0.482
	46	2,285,200	19,407	147,700	0.439
	47	1,999,200	16,978	129,210	0.384

2005 list

List of Japanese prefectures by GDP in 2005 (in millions)
Prefecture	Rank	2005 GDP (in millions of JP¥)	2005 GDP (in millions of US$)	2005 GDP (in millions of CN¥)	Share of Japan GDP(%)
Japan		513,560,700	4,659,491	38,252,060	100
	1	91,086,300	826,418	6,784,470	17.736
	2	38,062,800	345,340	2,835,070	7.412
	3	35,756,100	324,412	2,663,260	6.962
	4	31,405,600	284,940	2,339,210	6.115
	5	20,855,700	189,222	1,553,420	4.061
	6	19,290,100	175,017	1,436,800	3.756
	7	19,064,800	172,973	1,420,020	3.712
	8	19,006,400	172,443	1,415,670	3.701
	9	18,123,200	164,430	1,349,890	3.529
	10	16,776,400	152,211	1,249,570	3.267
	11	11,682,400	105,993	870,150	2.275
	12	10,997,000	99,775	819,100	2.141
	13	10,012,900	90,846	745,800	1.950
	14	9,292,500	84,310	692,140	1.809
	15	8,368,700	75,928	623,330	1.630
	16	8,235,000	74,715	613,380	1.604
	17	8,199,300	74,392	610,720	1.597
	18	7,819,000	70,941	582,390	1.523
	19	7,761,400	70,418	578,100	1.511
	20	7,487,900	67,937	557,730	1.458
	21	7,438,600	67,490	554,060	1.448
	22	7,262,800	65,895	540,960	1.414
	23	6,026,100	54,674	448,850	1.173
	24	5,846,900	53,048	435,500	1.139
	25	5,665,500	51,403	421,990	1.103
	26	5,390,600	48,908	401,510	1.050
	27	4,921,400	44,651	366,570	0.958
	28	4,779,200	43,361	355,970	0.931
	29	4,646,500	42,157	346,090	0.905
	30	4,530,000	41,100	337,410	0.882
	31	4,459,200	40,458	332,140	0.868
	32	4,311,500	39,118	321,140	0.840
	33	4,305,600	39,064	320,700	0.838
	34	4,038,000	36,636	300,770	0.786
	35	3,801,800	34,493	283,170	0.740
	36	3,658,100	33,190	272,470	0.712
	37	3,618,100	32,827	269,490	0.705
	38	3,597,400	32,639	267,950	0.700
	39	3,517,300	31,912	261,980	0.685
	40	3,504,900	31,800	261,060	0.682
	41	3,336,200	30,269	248,490	0.650
	42	3,215,900	29,178	239,530	0.626
	43	2,891,900	26,238	215,400	0.563
	44	2,724,100	24,716	202,900	0.530
	45	2,455,200	22,276	182,870	0.478
	46	2,311,300	20,970	172,150	0.450
	47	2,022,900	18,354	150,670	0.394

Sources

GDP(JPY) is according to Japan statistical Yearbook 2011
Annual average exchange rates: GDP (USD), accorfding to UN Countries GDP list, US$ 1 is equal to JP¥ 107.7655 in 2000, JP¥ 110.2182 in 2005 and JP¥ 117.7535 in 2007. GDP (CNY), accorfding to China Statistical Yearbook, JP¥ 1 is equal to CN¥ 0.076864 in 2000, CN¥ 0.074484 in 2005 and CN¥ 0.064632 in 2007, see also List of Renminbi exchange rates.

Notes and References

Web site: 内閣府ウェブサイトの常時暗号化による「HTTPS:」への切り替え - 内閣府.
http://www.asahi.com/business/news/reuters/RTR201202130038.html
http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita