Exports share of GDP in Japan
Exports from Japan were equal to 22.0% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Japan, 2024
22.0%
Change from 2023
+0.9percentage points
World, 2024
29.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
43.4%
Position in 2024
130th of 172
Exports share of GDP in Japan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 29.5% |
| 2024 | 22.0% | 29.1% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | 29.1% |
| 2022 | 20.6% | 30.7% |
| 2021 | 17.5% | 28.5% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | 26.0% |
| 2019 | 17.0% | 27.9% |
| 2018 | 17.9% | 28.9% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | 28.0% |
| 2016 | 15.7% | 27.1% |
| 2015 | 17.1% | 28.0% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | 29.7% |
| 2013 | 15.6% | 30.0% |
| 2012 | 14.3% | 30.0% |
| 2011 | 14.7% | 30.3% |
| 2010 | 14.8% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 12.3% | 26.2% |
| 2008 | 17.1% | 30.7% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | 29.6% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | 28.6% |
| 2005 | 13.7% | 27.0% |
| 2004 | 12.7% | 25.7% |
| 2003 | 11.3% | 23.9% |
| 2002 | 10.7% | 23.1% |
| 2001 | 9.9% | 22.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 21.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 17.1%, the figure has changed by +4.9 percentage points.
- Among the 172 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 130th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 29.1%.