Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Japan
Japan: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 3.3 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Japan, 2008–2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Japan stood at 3.3.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and up 65.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Japan peaked at 3.7 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.7, in 2014.
Japan ranks 86th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3.7 | — |
| 2009 | 3.2 | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 2 | -37.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6 | +30.0% |
| 2012 | 2.4 | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 3.7 | +54.2% |
| 2014 | 1.7 | -54.1% |
| 2015 | 1.9 | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 2.8 | +47.4% |
| 2017 | 1.9 | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 3.3 | +73.7% |
| 2019 | 3.7 | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 3.3 | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.45 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More poverty & inequality data for Japan
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 5 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.21 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 6,245 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.86 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 34.86 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.059 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Japan?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Japan was 3.3 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7 in 2008.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7 in 2014.
- How does Japan rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Japan ranks 86th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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