China vs Japan: GDP
GDP over time
- China
- Japan
How they compare
China currently reports 19.40 trillion constant 2015 US$ against 4.76 trillion constant 2015 US$ in Japan, a difference of 14.64 trillion constant 2015 US$.
That makes China's figure about 4.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Globally, China ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 3rd of 211 countries.
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About this data
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.