Japan Gini Index

Current and historical gini index data for Japan, including latest value (32.3), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Japan
UNIT: index
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:20:37+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Japan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
79 / 100
Strong stability · limited data
Fiscal stability 14.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.8 / 20
External stability 13 / 15
Financial robustness 13.2 / 15
Structural stability 4.9 / 10
Future capacity 9.1 / 10
Demographic capacity 0.9 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 68% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2020 20152020
2015 2020
Selected year: 2020 · Value: n/a 2020

Japan · gini index measuring income inequality.

2015–2020
32.3 index
33 index
32.08 index
40 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
gini index rate reference line

Countries by gini index

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Colombia 54.4 high
South Africa 54.1 high
Brazil 50.3 high
Turkey 43.7 high
Ghana 43.5 high
Chile 43 medium
Mexico 42.6 medium
Argentina 42.4 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
China 36
India 25.5
Germany 33.7

Related indicators

internal links
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Government Spending NE.CON.GOVT.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.GINI

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:20:37+02:00

Japan Snapshot

country profile
Population 123.98 m
GDP 4027.6 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 2.74%
Unemployment 2.45%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group High income

Japan Gini Index: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Gini Index for Japan. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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