Japan vs United States: GDP
GDP over time
- Japan
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 30.77 trillion current US$ against 4.44 trillion current US$ in Japan, a difference of 26.33 trillion current US$.
That makes United States's figure about 6.9 times Japan's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Globally, Japan ranks 4th and United States ranks 1st of 213 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 current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.