Performance Overview
IS03
JPN
Country
Japan
Score
76.17
Rank
12
Technology
72.87
People
74.24
Governance
80.05
Impact
77.54
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 53.59 | 81 |
| 2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita) | 71.5 | 13 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 98.43 | 3 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99 | 24 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions) | 91.19 | 32 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 63.79 | 82 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Digital participation | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Mobile apps development | 78.28 | 31 |
| 3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property | 53.61 | 4 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 91.13 | 11 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 78.3 | 9 |
| 3. Government procurement of advanced technology products | 59.11 | 22 |
| 4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 80.79 | 6 |
| 5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 27.27 | 30 |
| 6. Robot density | 96.78 | 4 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 71.85 | 6 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 32.72 | 24 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 100 | 1 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 47.55 | 28 |
| 1. Happiness | 56.99 | 62 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 56.7 | 80 |
| 3. Income inequality | 81.32 | 28 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 94.87 | 2 |
| 1. Access to basic services | 99.28 | 25 |
| 2. Pollution | 93.55 | 21 |
| 3. Road safety | 95.62 | 8 |
| 4. Reading proficiency in schools | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Maths proficiency in schools | 97.17 | 3 |
| 5. Use of clean fuels and technology | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Internet users | 83.23 | 27 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 74.96 | 2 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 60.5 | 47 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Firms with website | 92.28 | 6 |
| 2. Internet shopping | 58.85 | 26 |
| 3. Professionals | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 100 | 1 |
| 5. Extent of staff training | 78.21 | 11 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 64.09 | 3 |
| 1. Government online services | 94.62 | 9 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 75.16 | 8 |
| 3.ICT use and government efficiency | 57.17 | 39 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 57.6 | 21 |
| 1. Rule of law | 88.32 | 17 |
| 2. Software piracy rate | 98.65 | 2 |
| 3. Secure Internet servers | 79.9 | 36 |
| 4. Cybersecurity | 94.41 | 15 |
| 5. Online trust and safety | 52.51 | 63 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 80.69 | 22 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 84.49 | 28 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models | 57.3 | 34 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 75 | 66 |
| 5. Social safety net protection | 79.77 | 18 |
| 6. ICT regulatory environment | 71.24 | 90 |
| 1. E-Participation | 98.08 | 5 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 95.69 | 14 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 88.78 | 10 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 58.93 | 56 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 71.73 | 45 |