Japan
Download Report
Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Asia & Pacific |
| Population (Total) | 126,264,931 |
| Population as a share world total | 1.65% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 5,080,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 5.79% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 43,235 |
Performance Overview
IS03
JPN
Country
Japan
Score
73.54
Rank
15
Technology
65.55
People
76.79
Governance
77.53
Impact
74.29
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 53.59 | 83 |
| 2. Handset prices | 71.50 | 13 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 98.53 | 3 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99.00 | 24 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 91.19 | 33 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 63.89 | 84 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
| 1. GitHub commits | 14.00 | 40 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 63.41 | 48 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 80.31 | 31 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 85.26 | 10 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 79.99 | 9 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 88.14 | 4 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 24.50 | 46 |
| 5. Robot density | 96.78 | 4 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 71.85 | 6 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 32.18 | 27 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 100.00 | 1 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 49.00 | 36 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 52.99 | 49 |
| 1. Happiness | 63.19 | 62 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 73.36 | 73 |
| 3. Income inequality | 77.58 | 36 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 95.40 | 2 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 90.16 | 13 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 75.81 | 4 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 77.44 | 52 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 84.47 | 43 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 93.59 | 12 |
| 1. Internet users | 84.47 | 27 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 75.16 | 2 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 64.95 | 40 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 58.68 | 55 |
| 1. Firms with website | 96.24 | 3 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 84.49 | 28 |
| 3. Professionals | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 99.01 | 2 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 83.87 | 17 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 64.69 | 3 |
| 1. Government online services | 90.30 | 12 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 75.16 | 8 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 71.92 | 15 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 58.23 | 20 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 78.49 | 33 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 94.47 | 15 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 38.84 | 49 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 58.85 | 26 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 80.69 | 22 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 71.24 | 95 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 63.37 | 27 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | 87.72 | 13 |
| 1. E-Participation | 98.77 | 4 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 95.69 | 14 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 97.51 | 2 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 57.98 | 60 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 71.73 | 48 |