International rankings of Japan
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The following are international rankings of Japan.
- Tokyo-Yokohama, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2024, ranked 49[1]
- 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
Demographics
- 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[2]
- Total immigrant population ranked 20 out of 192 countries[3][4]
Economy
- IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, ranked 19 out of 60 economies [5]
- The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked 17 out of 157 countries[6]
- The Economist: Quality-of-life Index 2005, ranked 17 out of 111 countries[7]
- World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, ranked 6 out of 125 countries[8]
Education
- Education Index 2007, ranked 35 out of 181 countries
- OECD Programme for International Student Assessment 2022,
- ranked 5 out of 85 countries in maths
- ranked 2 out of 85 countries in sciences
- ranked 2 out of 85 countries in reading[9]
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025
- University of Tokyo, ranked 28 in the world, 5 in Asia.
- Kyoto University, ranked 55 in the world, 13 in Asia.[10]
Environment
- 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
Geography
- Total area ranked 61 out of 233 countries
Globalization
- KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, ranked 40 out of 122 countries[11]
- A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 28 out of 62 countries[12]
Industry
- Shipbuilding total completed ships 2005, ranked 1[13]
- OICA automobile production 2014, ranked 3 out of 53 countries[14]
- The World Factbook: Steel Production 2014, ranked 2 out of 42 countries
- Electricity Production 2010, ranked 3 out of 210 countries
Military
- Center for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked 22 out of 166 countries[15]
Political
- Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, ranked 20 out of 180 countries[16]
- Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked 29 out of 173 countries[17]
- V-Dem Democracy indices: ranked 2023 23rd out of 179 countries[18]
- Democracy Index (The Economist) ranked 2022 16th out of 167 countries[19]
Society
- United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked 12 out of 187 countries[20]
- 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[21]
- World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 10 out of 100 countries[22]
- University of Leicester: Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 90 out of 178 countries[23]
- Gallup Global Wellbeing Index 2010, ranked 84 out of 155[24]
- Cigarette consumption ranked 12[25]
Technology
- 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[26]
- Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 8 in online government services[27]
- Number of mobile phones in use ranked 9 [28]
- 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[29]
- United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked 11 out of 50 countries[30]
- Futron: Space Competitiveness Index, 2012, ranked 4
