Social Development in Japan 164 indicators covering social development for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 91 2025 up 33.8% 156th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 37.9% 195th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 36.8% 192nd Political Rights Score 40 2025 unchanged 1st Freedom Score 96 2025 unchanged 13th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 22,647 2025 up 63.8% 39th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 up 68.8% 96th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 67.5% 119th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -44.85 % change on previous year 2025 down 490.8% 150th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -27.63 % change on previous year 2025 down 156.5% 123rd Equal Rights Protection Index 0.978 2025 down 0.1% 3rd Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.949 2025 down 1.6% 31st Political Corruption Index 0.05 2025 down 37.5% 159th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.05 2025 down 37.5% 159th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.32 2024 down 12.5% 99th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0004 units per square kilometre 2023 up 199.9% 183rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0656 units per square kilometre 2023 up 255.3% 51st LGBT+ Rights Index 3.94 2019 unchanged 56th Forcibly displaced people 65,097 2025 up 299.3% 89th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 74 years 2025 up 15.6% 21st Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 71 2024 down 6.6% 20th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.26 2024 down 6.4% 83rd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.07 2024 down 6.4% 63rd Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.1856 2024 down 7.6% 142nd Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0003 2024 down 68.9% 51st Self-reported life satisfaction 6.13 2025 up 3.5% 60th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.13 2025 up 3.5% 60th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 21.2% 2024 down 9.5% 148th Homicide rate 0.2292 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 20.9% 168th Homicides 285 homicides 2023 down 23.0% 70th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.2292 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 20.9% 168th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.2292 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 20.9% 167th Age of electoral democracy 74 years 2025 up 15.6% 21st States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st Citizen support for democracy 0.2249 2020 up 1,431.2% 44th Homicides 214 deaths 2022 down 44.3% 40th Child homicide rate 0.073 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 70.7% 89th Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.1061 2020 up 60.7% 59th Homicide rate 0.1754 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 42.5% 105th Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.1754 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 42.5% 105th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 226.32 deaths 2021 down 50.3% 106th Homicide rate 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% 194th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.1814 2021 down 49.1% 183rd Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 13.98 million 2030 down 27.3% 15th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.26 2030 down 2.7% 81st ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →