Japan vs United Kingdom: GDP

Japan

4.44 trillion current US$

in 2025

United Kingdom

4.00 trillion current US$

in 2025

Japan rank

4th

United Kingdom rank

5th

GDP over time

Japan
United Kingdom

How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.44 trillion current US$ against 4.00 trillion current US$ in United Kingdom, a difference of 432.57 billion current US$.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

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

Globally, Japan ranks 4th and United Kingdom ranks 5th 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: 06 August 2026

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.