Economic Policy & Debt · Japan
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Japan's GNI (current LCU) was 705.66 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 23.79% from 570.03 trillion in 2015 (2.16% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 705.66 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 573.87 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 570.03 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 705.66 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 17.28 trillion | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 616.79 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 17.28 trillion | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 22.96% from 573.87 trillion in 2020 (4.22% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 3,983% from 17.28 trillion in 1960 (5.87% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Japan's GNI (current LCU) rose 4.9% on 2024 (from 672.83 trillion to 705.66 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.9% and a typical year strayed about 2.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 21.8% in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.5% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 13.31 trillion a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Extending that straight line gives about 707.55 trillion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 45.08 trillion, against 57.15 trillion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
In 2025, Japan had the 9th highest value of the 181 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
| Year | GNI (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 705,655,970,061,000 |
| 2024 | 672,829,200,000,000 |
| 2023 | 651,471,900,000,000 |
| 2022 | 619,497,400,000,000 |
| 2021 | 599,964,400,000,000 |
| 2020 | 573,872,500,000,000 |
| 2019 | 593,696,600,000,000 |
| 2018 | 590,447,200,000,000 |
| 2017 | 585,583,300,000,000 |
| 2016 | 574,915,100,000,000 |
| 2015 | 570,032,500,000,000 |
| 2014 | 547,503,900,000,000 |
| 2013 | 532,054,700,000,000 |
| 2012 | 519,199,900,000,000 |
| 2011 | 515,612,200,000,000 |
| 2010 | 523,610,500,000,000 |
| 2009 | 511,806,400,000,000 |
| 2008 | 547,543,500,000,000 |
| 2007 | 561,108,200,000,000 |
| 2006 | 554,876,900,000,000 |
| 2005 | 549,200,800,000,000 |
| 2004 | 544,855,500,000,000 |
| 2003 | 538,677,400,000,000 |
| 2002 | 540,045,300,000,000 |
| 2001 | 547,707,200,000,000 |
| 2000 | 551,140,600,000,000 |
| 1999 | 540,590,800,000,000 |
| 1998 | 549,929,600,000,000 |
| 1997 | 561,245,800,000,000 |
| 1996 | 552,685,400,000,000 |
| 1995 | 534,895,200,000,000 |
| 1994 | 525,923,100,000,000 |
| 1993 | 521,235,371,835,000 |
| 1992 | 517,920,724,837,000 |
| 1991 | 504,801,880,868,000 |
| 1990 | 476,019,526,943,000 |
| 1989 | 441,075,401,836,000 |
| 1988 | 409,140,687,741,000 |
| 1987 | 380,506,518,035,000 |
| 1986 | 365,103,051,619,000 |
| 1985 | 348,950,117,075,000 |
| 1984 | 324,336,258,941,000 |
| 1983 | 304,938,549,410,000 |
| 1982 | 292,945,777,297,000 |
| 1981 | 278,437,612,794,000 |
| 1980 | 259,392,468,455,000 |
| 1979 | 239,650,096,039,000 |
| 1978 | 220,905,867,307,000 |
| 1977 | 200,439,114,179,000 |
| 1976 | 179,789,996,450,000 |
| 1975 | 160,076,577,655,000 |
| 1974 | 144,764,649,482,000 |
| 1973 | 121,561,346,994,000 |
| 1972 | 99,826,144,358,000 |
| 1971 | 87,068,076,835,000 |
| 1970 | 79,069,638,944,000 |
| 1969 | 67,053,526,854,036 |
| 1968 | 57,069,933,428,719 |
| 1967 | 48,212,077,973,889 |
| 1966 | 41,132,487,293,288 |
| 1965 | 35,406,586,509,984 |
| 1964 | 31,812,211,484,618 |
| 1963 | 27,068,377,423,332 |
| 1962 | 23,660,930,512,798 |
| 1961 | 20,858,472,377,098 |
| 1960 | 17,283,565,795,704 |
Every indicator for Japan is on the Japan data page.
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