Germany vs Japan: Gross domestic product (GDP)

Germany
3.91 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices
in 2022
Japan
4.77 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices
in 2022
Germany rank
5th
Japan rank
4th

Gross domestic product (GDP) over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.77 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices against 3.91 trillion international-$ in 2011 prices in Germany, a difference of 864.88 billion international-$ in 2011 prices.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 145 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 5th 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
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Total economic output of a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.