Japan Trade Openness

Current and historical trade openness data for Japan, including latest value (46.41), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Japan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:58
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: 1970–2024 19702024
1970 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Japan · trade in goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

1970–2024
46.41 percent of GDP
45.15 percent of GDP
37.94 percent of GDP
59 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1970 1981 1992 2003 2014 2024
trade openness rate reference line

Countries by trade openness

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 359.51
Luxembourg 351.27
Singapore 322.37
Ireland 246.17
United Arab Emirates 199.04
Vietnam 173.86
Slovakia 171.21
Belgium 158.93

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

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

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
China 37.2
India 44.65
South Korea 84.64
Germany 79.09

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
FDI Inflows BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-12 04:00:58

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 Trade Openness: 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 Trade Openness 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.

Keyphrase synonyms: japan trade openness rate, trade openness data japan, japan trade openness statistics, japan percent of gdp.