Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Japan
Japan: Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction was 0.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Japan, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Japan recorded 0.0% for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in 2023.
That represents a change of down 33.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Japan peaked at 0.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Japan ranks 13th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 13 Australia 0.0% compare
- 13 Belgium 0.0% compare
- 13 Finland 0.0% compare
- 13 France 0.0% compare
- 13 Ireland 0.0% compare
- 13 Lithuania 0.0% compare
- 13 New Zealand 0.0% compare
- 13 Korea, Rep. 0.0% compare
- 13 United Arab Emirates 0.0% compare
- 13 United States 0.0% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Japan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,245 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.9% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.059 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0703 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0703 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0856 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1712 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Japan?
- Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Japan was 0.0% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Japan rank for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction?
- Japan ranks 13th out of 42 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by donor countries (percentage of GNI)