Tax revenues vs income inequality in Japan
Japan: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 34.86 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
34.86
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
25th
of 186 countries
All-time high
34.86
in 2022
All-time low
24.24
in 2003
Years of data
43
1980–2022
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Japan, 1980–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Japan recorded 34.86 for tax revenues vs income inequality in 2022. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality in Japan peaked at 34.86 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24.24, in 2003.
Japan ranks 25th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 24.38 | — |
| 1981 | 24.86 | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 25.15 | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 25.57 | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 25.91 | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 26.32 | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 26.92 | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 28.14 | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 28.51 | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 28.83 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 28.36 | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 27.58 | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 25.93 | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 25.86 | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 25.05 | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 25.58 | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 25.49 | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 25.69 | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 25.17 | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 24.91 | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 25.45 | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 25.33 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 24.46 | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 24.24 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 24.77 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 25.9 | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 26.72 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 27.12 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 26.45 | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 25.81 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 26.21 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 27.28 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 27.89 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 28.78 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 30.24 | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 30.4 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 30.3 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 31.06 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 31.55 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 31.45 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 32.86 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 33.98 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 34.86 | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26.46 | 24.38 | 28.83 | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.96 | 24.91 | 28.36 | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.62 | 24.24 | 27.12 | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.52 | 26.21 | 31.55 | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.9 | 32.86 | 34.86 | 3 |
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, 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)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 23.6 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Japan?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Japan was 34.86 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 34.86 in 2022.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.24 in 2003.
- How does Japan rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Japan ranks 25th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 Tax revenues vs income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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