International rankings of Japan

The following are international rankings of Japan.

Cities

Tokyo-Yokohama, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, ranked 2
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^[1]
Total immigrant population ranked 20 out of 192 countries^[2]^[3]

Economy

IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, ranked 19 out of 60 economies ^[4]
The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked 17 out of 157 countries^[5]
The Economist: Quality-of-life Index 2005, ranked 17 out of 111 countries^[6]
World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, ranked 6 out of 125 countries^[7]

Education

Education Index 2007, ranked 35 out of 181 countries
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment 2012,
- ranked 7 out of 65 countries in maths
- ranked 4 out of 65 countries in sciences
- ranked 4 out of 65 countries in reading
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–2012
- University of Tokyo, ranked 30 in the world,^[8] 1 in Asia.^[9]
- Kyoto University, ranked 52 in the world,^[8] 5 in Asia.^[9]

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^[10]
A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 28 out of 62 countries^[11]

Industry

Shipbuilding total completed ships 2005, ranked 1^[12]
OICA automobile production 2014, ranked 3 out of 53 countries^[13]
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^[14]

Political

Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, ranked 20 out of 180 countries^[15]
Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked 29 out of 173 countries^[16]
V-Dem Democracy indices: ranked 2023 23rd out of 179 countries^[17]
Democracy Index (The Economist) ranked 2022 16th out of 167 countries^[18]

Society

United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked 12 out of 187 countries^[19]
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^[20]
World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 10 out of 100 countries^[21]
University of Leicester: Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 90 out of 178 countries^[22]
Gallup Global Wellbeing Index 2010, ranked 84 out of 155^[23]
Cigarette consumption ranked 12^[24]

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^[25]
Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 8 in online government services^[26]
Number of mobile phones in use ranked 9 ^[27]
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^[28]
United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked 11 out of 50 countries^[29]
Futron: Space Competitiveness Index, 2012, ranked 4

Tourism

World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked 28^[30]
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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[2] "World Population Policies 2005" Archived 2019-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, March 2006. ISBN 978-92-1-151420-9.

[3] "International Migration 2006" Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. United Nations Publication, No. E.06.XIII.6, March 2006.

[4] "World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005". Archived from the original on 2004-12-09. Retrieved 2007-01-28.

[5] "Index of Economic Freedom". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

[6] "The world's best country". The Economist. November 17, 2004. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

[7] "Global Competitiveness Report 2019". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

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[11] Globalization Index 2006 Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine PDF

[12] Lloyd's Register of Shipping, World Fleet Statistics

[13] OICA Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)

[14] Asia balance of power Archived 2009-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)

[15] "CPI 2008 table". Archived from the original on March 11, 2009.

[16] "RSF". Bienvenue sur le site de Reporter sans frontières | RSF. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008.

[vdem_dataset-17] Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Nazifa Alizada, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Garry Hindle, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundström, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, Steven Wilson and Daniel Ziblatt. 2021. "V-Dem [Country–Year/Country–Date] Dataset v11.1" Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdemds21.

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