International rankings of Japan

The following are international rankings of Japan.

Cities

• Tokyo-Yokohama, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2024, ranked 49
• 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
• Total immigrant population ranked 20 out of 192 countries

Economy

• IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, ranked 19 out of 60 economies
• The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked 17 out of 157 countries
• The Economist: Quality-of-life Index 2005, ranked 17 out of 111 countries
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, ranked 6 out of 125 countries

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
• 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.

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
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 28 out of 62 countries

Industry

• Shipbuilding total completed ships 2005, ranked 1
• OICA automobile production 2014, ranked 3 out of 53 countries
• 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

Political

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, ranked 20 out of 180 countries
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked 29 out of 173 countries
• V-Dem Democracy indices: ranked 2023 23rd out of 179 countries
• Democracy Index (The Economist) ranked 2022 16th out of 167 countries

Society

• United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked 12 out of 187 countries
• 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
• World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 10 out of 100 countries
• University of Leicester: Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 90 out of 178 countries
• Gallup Global Wellbeing Index 2010, ranked 84 out of 155
• Cigarette consumption ranked 12

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
• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 8 in online government services
• Number of mobile phones in use ranked 9
• 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
• United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked 11 out of 50 countries
• Futron: Space Competitiveness Index, 2012, ranked 4

Tourism

• World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked 28
• World Economic Forum: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, ranked 14 out of 140
• World Heritage Site 2014, ranked 18

Transportation

• Total rapid transit systems ranked 3

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