Poverty & Inequality in Japan 81 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys 2025 down 37.5% 59th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 35.6% 120th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 36.1% 143rd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman 2023 down 13.0% 216th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,245 kg per hectare 2023 down 0.6% 23rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 19.5% 175th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year 2023 down 324.1% 119th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.86 2022 up 25.0% 25th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.9% 2022 up 25.0% 25th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 78.0% 180th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year 2022 up 14.5% 89th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -16.67 % change on previous year 2025 down 216.7% 118th Gender Inequality Index 0.059 2023 down 53.9% 148th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.6% 2023 up 24.2% 56th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0703 2023 down 4.0% 227th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0703 2023 down 4.0% 227th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0856 2023 down 5.0% 213th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 63rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2020 up 66.7% 60th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.6% 2020 up 77.8% 73rd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 3.3% 2020 up 65.0% 89th Prosperity gap 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2020 up 20.0% 95th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1712 2023 up 8.4% 136th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2020 up 100.0% 65th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 15.4% 2020 up 6.2% 86th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.5% 2020 up 66.7% 84th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.845 2023 up 0.6% 20th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.845 2023 up 0.6% 20th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.845 2023 up 0.6% 20th Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 66th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 445.16 2023 down 19.5% 43rd Income share held by second 20% 13.0% 2020 down 0.8% 31st Income share held by third 20% 17.6% 2020 up 1.1% 15th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.2% 2020 unchanged 11th Income share held by highest 20% 39.4% 2020 up 1.3% 90th Income share held by highest 10% 24.3% 2020 up 1.7% 93rd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.3% 2020 down 11.5% 84th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.8% 2020 down 6.8% 79th Gini index 32.3 2020 up 2.5% 83rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 13.4% 2020 up 10.7% 42nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 758.66 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2020 up 100.8% 32nd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.5% 2020 up 103.7% 58th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 38,415 2017 up 10.2% 20th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 40.4% 2023 down 1.4% 10th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 61st Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3234 2020 up 2.7% 79th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 1.52 million people 2020 up 97.2% 39th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 61st How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 61st Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 61st Distribution of population between different poverty lines 121.46 million people 2020 down 2.3% 6th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 61st Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 61st Distribution of population between different poverty lines 68.31 million people 2020 down 0.5% 3rd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 28.2% 2020 up 5.2% 95th Share of population living in extreme poverty 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% 61st Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 3.3% 2020 up 65.0% 86th Number of people living in extreme poverty 124.75 million people 2020 down 2.0% 11th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.52 million people 2020 up 97.2% 39th Number of people living in extreme poverty 1.52 million people 2020 up 97.2% 39th Page 1 of 2 Next →