Germany vs Japan: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Germany buys about what

$80.86

buys in Japan, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in Japan buys what $124 buys in Germany. Prices across Germany's economy average 124% of Japan's, so a dollar goes 24% further in Japan.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureGermanyJapan
Economy
Population83.5 million123.4 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$5.05 trillion$4.44 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars$60,496$35,951
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$75,407$55,422
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%80%65%
A US dollar goes as far as$1.25 in the US$1.54 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$64.18 a day2022 survey · $23,426 a year · income$42.17 a day2020 survey · $15,392 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureGermanyJapan
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$6.30 trillion$6.84 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar0.7100Euro97.08Japanese yen
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$60,200$38,340
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$78,140$58,920

World Bank income groups: Germany, high income; Japan, high income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Germany
  • Japan
Year-by-year table
YearGermanyJapan
2025$62,824$48,283
2024$62,655$47,480
2023$63,140$47,387
2022$63,778$46,819
2021$62,631$45,999
2020$60,300$44,213
2019$62,950$46,055
2018$62,481$46,133
2017$61,965$45,693
2016$60,505$44,927
2015$59,669$44,589
2014$59,203$43,754
2013$58,182$43,304
2012$58,110$42,395
2011$57,951$41,641
2010$54,826$41,647
2009$52,569$40,000
2008$55,514$42,519
2007$54,921$43,042
2006$53,307$42,359
2005$51,265$41,740
2004$50,786$40,987
2003$50,192$40,152
2002$50,487$39,690
2001$50,688$39,749
2000$49,956$39,732

Germany vs Japan: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.