Japan vs Luxembourg: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income over time
- Japan
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 14.4% against 13.4% in Japan, a difference of 1.0%.
That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 42nd and Luxembourg ranks 39th of 123 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Luxembourg in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.4% | 10.9% | 3.5% | Japan |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 12.2% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 14.2% | 0.8% | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income, Japan or Luxembourg?
- Luxembourg, at 14.4% against 13.4% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income between Japan and Luxembourg?
- 1.0%, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Luxembourg?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2020.
- How do Japan and Luxembourg rank globally for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Japan ranks 42nd and Luxembourg ranks 39th of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2021 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.