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Compare Japan vs United States

14 measurements published for both countries, each with the source that published it and the date it was checked. United States vs Japan is the same comparison.

United States has a GDP per capita of $86,170 against $35,951; Japan has a labour force participation of 63.4% against 61.7%.

MeasurementJapanUnited States
Money and work
GDP per capitaUS dollars per person$35,9512025-12-31World Bank indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD$86,170 — better on this measurement2024-12-31GDP per capita (current US$), World Development Indicators
Labour force participationshare of the working-age population63.4% — better on this measurement2025-12-31World Bank Open Data61.7%2025-12-31World Bank Open Data
Top income tax ratestatutory, top bracket; excludes social contributions45.00%2025-04-01NTA No.2260, as of 2025-04-01: ordinary national income-tax rate schedule has seven brackets from 5% to 45%; 45% applies at taxable income of 40,000,000 JPY or more. This is before the separate reconstruction special income-tax surcharge.37.00% — better on this measurement2026IRS federal individual top marginal income-tax rate for tax year 2026: 37%; this is a marginal federal rate, not an effective rate and not a state rate.
Corporate tax ratestatutory23.20%2025-04-01NTA No.5759, as of 2025-04-01: national corporation-tax table, 23.20% for 上記以外の普通法人 (ordinary corporations other than the small-capital reduced-rate band), shown for business years beginning 2022-04-01 and 2025-04-01.21.00% — better on this measurement2026IRS federal corporate income-tax rate under IRC section 11(b): 21%; no state or local corporate tax is substituted.
Standard VATheadline rate10%2019-12-31National Tax Agency, Japan0% — better on this measurement2025-12-31Value-Added Taxes (VATs) And Tariffs
Median gross salaryper month, national€1,7812025-06-302025 Basic Survey on Wage Structure, Appendix Table 3€4,747 — better on this measurement2026-08-03fred.stlouisfed.org (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; series source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey)
Settling in
Migrant integration policyMIPEX; higher is more favourable59 / 1002020-12-31MIPEX69 / 100 — better on this measurement2020-12-31MIPEX
Populationtotal123,975,3712024-12-31World Bank340,003,7972024-12-31World Bank
Daily life
Life expectancyat birth84.0 years — better on this measurement2024-12-31World Bank indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN78.9 years2026-07-14Life expectancy at birth, total (years), World Development Indicators
Homicide rateper 100,000 people0.23 — better on this measurement2023-12-31World Bank5.762023-12-31World Bank
Road traffic deathsper 100,000 people per year2.7 — better on this measurement2021-12-31WHO GHO RS_196/RS_19814.22021-12-31WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198
Fixed broadbandsubscriptions per 100 inhabitants41.7% — better on this measurement2024-12-31OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation39.5%2024-12-31OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
Physiciansper 1,000 people2.652022-12-31Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.68 — better on this measurement2022-12-31Physicians (per 1,000 people)
Hospital bedsper 1,000 people; a measure of system structure, not of care quality12.592022-12-31Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)2.682022-12-31Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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