France vs Japan: GDP

France
3.37 trillion current US$
in 2025
Japan
4.44 trillion current US$
in 2025
France rank
7th
Japan rank
4th

GDP over time

  • France
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.44 trillion current US$ against 3.37 trillion current US$ in France, a difference of 1.07 trillion current US$.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was France ahead.

Globally, France ranks 7th and Japan ranks 4th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,741 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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 current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.