Japan vs South Korea

Side-by-side economic comparison using the existing Economy Data indicator structure.
PAIR: JAPAN / SOUTH-KOREA
MODEL: Asia Risk Score
74.8A
79A
-4.2Japan minus South Korea
20core comparison fields

Indicator comparison

LATEST AVAILABLE VALUES
IndicatorJapanSouth KoreaDifference
GDP Growth0.1 %2 %-1.9 %
Nominal GDP4.03 tn1.88 tn2.15 tn
GDP per Capita32,48736,239-3,752
Inflation2.74 %2.32 %0.42 %
Consumer Price Index114.41132.2-17.78
Unemployment2.45 %2.68 %-0.23 %
Youth Unemployment3.9 %6.7 %-2.8 %
Government Debtn/a48.55 %n/a
Fiscal Balancen/an/an/a
Current Account Balance4.71 %5.33 %-0.62 %
Exports22.77 %44.36 %-21.59 %
Imports23.64 %40.28 %-16.65 %
Trade Openness46.41 %84.64 %-38.24 %
FDI Inflows0.4 %0.69 %-0.28 %
Foreign Reserves1.23 tn418.22 bn812.45 bn
Official Exchange Rate151.371,363-1,212
Population123.98 m51.75 m72.22 m
Life Expectancy84.0483.630.41
CO₂ Emissionsn/an/an/a
Energy Use3,0065,439-2,433

Asia-Pacific and Middle East economic data context

The Asia module extends Economy Data with country-level macroeconomic, trade, public finance, financial-stability and structural indicators for Asia-Pacific economies, Oceania and Middle East / Gulf markets. Pages use the existing Economy Data layout and normalize available API data into the same country and indicator structure as the global portal.

Core data currently use World Bank compatible indicator files, with additional provider layers prepared for ADB, IMF, BIS, DBnomics/NBS, Hong Kong HKMA, SingStat, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Philippine OpenSTAT, Japan e-Stat, Bank of Korea ECOS, WTO, UN Comtrade and ASEANstats.