| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $3.582 trillion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $28,200 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 25.4%
services: 73.3% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 4.8%
highest 10%: 21.7% (1993) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
-0.3% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
66.66 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 5%, industry 25%, services 70% (2002 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.327 trillion
expenditures: $1.646 trillion, including capital expenditures (public works only) of about $71 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
3.3% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
1.037 trillion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 60%
hydro: 8.4%
nuclear: 29.8%
other: 1.8% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
964.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fish |
| Exports : |
$447.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery, chemicals |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 24.8%, China 12.1%, South Korea 7.3%, Taiwan 6.6%, Hong Kong 6.3% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$346.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials (2001) |
| Imports - Partners : |
China 19.7%, US 15.6%, South Korea 4.7%, Indonesia 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $7 billion (FY03/04) |
| Currency : |
yen (JPY) |
| Currency Code : |
JPY |
| Exchange Rates : |
yen per US dollar - 115.933 (2003), 125.388 (2002), 121.529 (2001), 107.765 (2000), 113.907 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
