Japan vs Spain: GDP per capita

Japan

44,266 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Spain

45,787 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Japan rank

37th

Spain rank

34th

GDP per capita over time

Japan
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 45,787 international-$ in 2021 prices against 44,266 international-$ in 2021 prices in Japan, a difference of 1,521 international-$ in 2021 prices.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 37th and Spain ranks 34th of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: GDP per capita
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 184 places, 10,907 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.