TPEOThe People of the Earth Organization

Society profile

Japan

Japan: 56 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 123.4 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 11.2%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 58.8%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 30.0%World Bank2025 Female share of population 51.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 92.3%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 1.1World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 1.6World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 84.0yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 1.8‰World Bank2024 Net migration 140 579World Bank2025

Education

Secondary school enrolment 101.5%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 64.5%World Bank2023 Education spending 3.3%World Bank2021

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $55 422$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $58 920$World Bank2025 Gini index 32.3World Bank2020 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 1.2%World Bank2020 Income share held by richest 10% 24.3%World Bank2020

Health

Suicide rate 17.4per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 10.7%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 85.5%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 178.4per 100World Bank2023 Access to electricity 100.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 7.8tWorld Bank2024

Religiosity

Religion is very important in life survey5.1%World Values Survey2019

Religious Practice

Attends religious services monthly or more survey12.4%World Values Survey2019 Believes in God survey54.8%World Values Survey2019

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey35.6%World Values Survey2019 Trusts people met for the first time survey13.0%World Values Survey2019

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey43.4%World Values Survey2019 Confidence in parliament survey34.8%World Values Survey2019 Confidence in the police survey81.7%World Values Survey2019 Confidence in the courts survey85.5%World Values Survey2019 Confidence in the press survey71.5%World Values Survey2019

Family Structure

Family is very important in life survey92.8%World Values Survey2019

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 15.7%World Bank2025 When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job survey25.9%World Values Survey2019 Men make better political leaders than women survey29.3%World Values Survey2019

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey81.6%World Values Survey2019 Satisfied with how democracy works survey55.1%World Values Survey2019 A strong leader without elections is good survey32.2%World Values Survey2019

Participation

Has signed a petition or joined a demonstration survey56.8%World Values Survey2019

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey30.1%World Values Survey2019

Employment

Unemployment rate 2.5%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 3.9%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 55.9%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 71.5%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 9.1%World Bank2025

Redistribution

Incomes should be made more equal survey27.5%World Values Survey2019 Work is very important in life survey39.7%World Values Survey2019

Happiness

Very happy or rather happy survey90.3%World Values Survey2019

Safety

Intentional homicides 0.2per 100kWorld Bank2023 Feels safe walking alone at night survey81.7%UN SDG2024

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey60.4%World Values Survey2019 Would not want people of another race as neighbours survey14.7%World Values Survey2019

Socially closest countries

Distance is computed on 23 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.