Japan vs Lower middle income: GNI (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP

Japan
1.18 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lower middle income
0.9759 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Japan rank
5th
Lower middle income rank
3rd

GNI (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Japan
  • Lower middle income
00.511.52198620052025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.18 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9759 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.2041 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Japan ranks 5th and Lower middle income ranks 3rd of 161 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Lower middle income in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 0.8597 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.62 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7596 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2000s 0.9211 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.43 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5122 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2010s 0.8698 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9488 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0791 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2020s 1.04 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.934 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1038 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gni (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp, Japan or Lower middle income?
Japan, at 1.18 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9759 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in gni (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp between Japan and Lower middle income?
0.2041 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lower middle income?
31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Japan and Lower middle income rank globally for gni (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?
Japan ranks 5th and Lower middle income ranks 3rd of 161 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as GNI (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Lower middle income: GNI (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gni-constant-2015-us-per-unit-of-gdp/japan/lower-middle-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gni-constant-2015-us-per-unit-of-gdp/japan/lower-middle-income/">Japan vs Lower middle income: GNI (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
GNI (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 6,858 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

GNI (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.