International rankings of Japan

{{see also|List of metropolitan areas in Japan by population}}

• Tokyo-Yokohama, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, ranked 2
• Tokyo-Yokohama, Population of urban area ranked 1
• Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto, Population of urban area ranked 10
• Osaka, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, ranked 11
• Nagoya, Population of urban area ranked 24

{{main|Demographics of Japan}}

{{see also|Ethnic issues in Japan|Gaijin|Aging of Japan}}

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• Population ranked 11 out of 228 countries and territories
• Population density ranked 37 out of 242 countries and territories
• The World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 1 out of 191 countries and territories{{cite web

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• Total immigrant population ranked 20 out of 192 countries[https://books.google.com/books?id=YgSsp6S1qnkC&pg=PP1 "World Population Policies 2005"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225125258/https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=YgSsp6S1qnkC&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=kXSuhAamCt&sig=nf3BbgP2FUT4tFxHgFC1ZrZO_8A&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPP1,M1 |date=2019-12-25 }}, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. {{ISBN|978-92-1-151420-9}}.[https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006Migration_Chart/2006IttMig_chart.htm "International Migration 2006"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001073358/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006Migration_Chart/2006IttMig_chart.htm |date=2018-10-01 }}, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication, No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.

{{main|Economy of Japan}}

{{see also|Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan}}

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• IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, ranked 19 out of 60 economies {{Cite web |url=http://www01.imd.ch/wcy/ |title=World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005 |access-date=2007-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209085100/http://www02.imd.ch/wcy/ |archive-date=2004-12-09 |url-status=dead }}
• The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked 17 out of 157 countries{{Cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm|title=Index of Economic Freedom|access-date=2008-12-19|archive-date=2008-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213211732/http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm|url-status=unfit}}
• The Economist: Quality-of-life Index 2005, ranked 17 out of 111 countries{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/2004/11/17/the-worlds-best-country|title=The world's best country|date=November 17, 2004|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726094517/https://www.economist.com/news/2004/11/17/the-worlds-best-country|url-status=live}}
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, ranked 6 out of 125 countries{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/reports/how-to-end-a-decade-of-lost-productivity-growth/|title=Global Competitiveness Report 2019|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2021-07-12|archive-date=2019-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009154918/https://www.weforum.org/reports/how-to-end-a-decade-of-lost-productivity-growth/|url-status=live}}

{{main|Education in Japan}}

• Education Index 2007, ranked 35 out of 181 countries
• OECD Programme for International Student Assessment 2012,
• ranked 7 out of 65 countries in maths
• ranked 4 out of 65 countries in sciences
• ranked 4 out of 65 countries in reading
• Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012
• University of Tokyo, ranked 30 in the world,{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/top-400.html|title=Search|access-date=2012-02-02|archive-date=2011-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007032035/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/top-400.html|url-status=live}} 1 in Asia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/asia.html|title=Search|access-date=2012-02-02|archive-date=2011-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007112808/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/asia.html|url-status=live}}
• Kyoto University, ranked 52 in the world, 5 in Asia.

{{main|Environment of Japan}}

• Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index 2012, ranked 23 out of 132 countries

{{main|Geography of Japan}}

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• Total area ranked 61 out of 233 countries

• KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, ranked 40 out of 122 countries[http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/static/pdf/rankings_2007.pdf KOF Index of Globalization 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304173652/http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/static/pdf/rankings_2007.pdf |date=2009-03-04 }} PDF
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 28 out of 62 countries[http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/Globalization-Index_FP_Nov-Dec-06_S.pdf Globalization Index 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306223527/http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/Globalization-Index_FP_Nov-Dec-06_S.pdf |date=2008-03-06 }} PDF

{{main|Manufacturing industries of Japan}}

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• Shipbuilding total completed ships 2005, ranked 1Lloyd's Register of Shipping, World Fleet Statistics
• OICA automobile production 2014, ranked 3 out of 53 countries[http://oica.net/wp-content/uploads/all-vehicles.pdf OICA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117020031/http://oica.net/wp-content/uploads/all-vehicles.pdf |date=2016-01-17 }} (PDF)
• The World Factbook: Steel Production 2014, ranked 2 out of 42 countries
• Electricity Production 2010, ranked 3 out of 210 countries

{{main|Japan Self-Defense Forces}}

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• Center for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked 22 out of 166 countries[http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060626_asia_balance_powers.pdf Asia balance of power] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624111115/http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060626_asia_balance_powers.pdf |date=2009-06-24 }} (PDF)

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• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, ranked 20 out of 180 countries{{Cite web |url=http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311002755/http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table |url-status=dead |title=CPI 2008 table |archivedate=March 11, 2009}}
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked 29 out of 173 countries{{Cite web |url=https://rsf.org/fr |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022233825/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29031 |url-status=dead |title=RSF |archivedate=October 22, 2008 |website=Bienvenue sur le site de Reporter sans frontières | RSF}}
• V-Dem Democracy indices: ranked 2023 23rd out of 179 countriesCoppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Nazifa Alizada, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Garry Hindle, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundström, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, Steven Wilson and Daniel Ziblatt. 2021. "V-Dem [Country–Year/Country–Date] Dataset v11.1" Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdemds21.
• Democracy Index (The Economist) ranked 2022 16th out of 167 countries{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Democracy Index 2022: Frontline democracy and the battle for Ukraine |url=https://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/images/DI-final-version-report.pdf |website=Economist Intelligence Unit |page=3 |language=en-GB}}

{{main|Culture of Japan}}

• United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked 12 out of 187 countries{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Tables.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2011 – Human development statistical annex|publisher=HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme|pages=127–130|access-date=2 November 2011|archive-date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111110322/http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Tables.pdf|url-status=live}}
• Institute for Economics and Peace: Global Peace Index 2014, ranked 8 out of 162
• New Economics Foundation: Happy Planet Index 2012, ranked 45 out of 151
• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked 29 out of 110 countries[http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf State of the World's Mothers 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705234419/http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf |date=2010-07-05 }} PDF
• World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 10 out of 100 countries{{Cite web |url=http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html |title=World Health Organization suicide country reports |access-date=2009-01-11 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050612024141/http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html |archive-date=2005-06-12 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
• University of Leicester: Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 90 out of 178 countries{{Cite web |url=http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011014423/http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html |url-status=dead |title=Satisfaction with Life Index |archivedate=October 11, 2007}}
• Gallup Global Wellbeing Index 2010, ranked 84 out of 155{{cite web

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• Cigarette consumption ranked 12{{Cite web |url=https://www.who.int/westernpacific |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108181404/http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20020528.htm |url-status=dead |title=WHO Western Pacific | World Health Organization |archivedate=November 8, 2009 |website=www.who.int}}

• World Intellectual Property Organization: Patent applications 2012, ranked 1
• World Intellectual Property Organization: Patent granted 2012, ranked 1
• World Intellectual Property Organization: Global Innovation Index 2024, ranked 13 out of 133 countries{{Cite web |author=World Intellectual Property Organization |year=2024 |title=Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship |url=https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/global-innovation-index-2024/en/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.wipo.int |page=18 |language=en |doi=10.34667/tind.50062 |isbn=978-92-805-3681-2}}
• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 8 in online government services{{cite web

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• Number of mobile phones in use ranked 9 [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2151rank.html Rank Order – Telephones – mobile cellular] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124010553/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2151rank.html |date=2018-11-24 }} The World Factbook
• Number of broadband Internet users ranked 3
• Economist Intelligence Unit: E-readiness 2008, ranked 18 out of 45 countries
• World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked 19 out of 127 countries[http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/2008/Rankings.pdf weforum.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205010231/http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/2008/Rankings.pdf |date=2009-02-05 }} (PDF)
• United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked 11 out of 50 countries[http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN028607.pdf United Nations e-Government Readiness Index, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928201303/http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN028607.pdf |date=2010-09-28 }} PDF
• Futron: Space Competitiveness Index, 2012, ranked 4

{{main|Tourism in Japan}}

• World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked 28{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismroi.com/Content_Attachments/27670/File_633513750035785076.pdf |title=UNTWO World Tourism Barometer, Vol.5 No.2 |access-date=2008-03-26 |last=UNTWO |date=June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819191518/http://www.tourismroi.com/Content_Attachments/27670/File_633513750035785076.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-19 }}
• World Economic Forum: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, ranked 14 out of 140
• World Heritage Site 2014, ranked 18

{{main|Transport in Japan}}

• Total rapid transit systems ranked 3

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