Germany vs Japan: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre
Germany
10.57 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan
12.63 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Germany rank
21st
Japan rank
19th
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre over time
- Germany
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 12.63 million USD per square kilometre against 10.57 million USD per square kilometre in Germany, a difference of 2.06 million USD per square kilometre.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 21st and Japan ranks 19th of 194 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.64 million USD per square kilometre | 4.96 million USD per square kilometre | 0.3205 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 5.75 million USD per square kilometre | 7.49 million USD per square kilometre | 1.74 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 7.44 million USD per square kilometre | 10.3 million USD per square kilometre | 2.87 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 8.62 million USD per square kilometre | 11.37 million USD per square kilometre | 2.75 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 9.8 million USD per square kilometre | 12.09 million USD per square kilometre | 2.29 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 10.43 million USD per square kilometre | 12.34 million USD per square kilometre | 1.92 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre, Germany or Japan?
- Japan, at 12.63 million USD per square kilometre against 10.57 million USD per square kilometre in Germany as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre between Germany and Japan?
- 2.06 million USD per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Japan?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Germany and Japan rank globally for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Germany ranks 21st and Japan ranks 19th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.