How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Japan
Japan: How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? was 1.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Japan, 2008–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Japan stood at 1.2%.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Japan peaked at 1.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2015.
That places Japan 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
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 how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Japan?
- How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Japan was 1.2% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
- How does Japan rank for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty??
- Japan ranks 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.