China vs Japan: Gross domestic product (GDP)

China

26.97 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices

in 2022

Japan

4.77 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices

in 2022

China rank

1st

Japan rank

4th

Gross domestic product (GDP) over time

China
Japan

How they compare

China currently reports 26.97 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices against 4.77 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices in Japan, a difference of 22.19 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices.

That makes China's figure about 5.6 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 94 shared years of data; in 1000 it was China ahead.

China ranks 1st and Japan ranks 4th of 165 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Gross domestic product (GDP)
Unit: international-$ in 2011 prices
Source: Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 166 places, 15,675 data points, 1000–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total economic output of a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.