Japan vs United States: GDP
GDP over time
- Japan
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 23.22 trillion constant 2015 US$ against 4.76 trillion constant 2015 US$ in Japan, a difference of 18.46 trillion constant 2015 US$.
That makes United States's figure about 4.9 times Japan's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Globally, Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 1st 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.