Germany vs Japan: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per square kilometre
Germany
12.95 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan
11.53 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Germany rank
20th
Japan rank
21st
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per square kilometre over time
- Germany
- Japan
How they compare
Germany currently reports 12.95 million USD per square kilometre against 11.53 million USD per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 1.42 million USD per square kilometre.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 20th and Japan ranks 21st 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 | 1.39 million USD per square kilometre | 1.56 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1637 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 2.85 million USD per square kilometre | 5.07 million USD per square kilometre | 2.23 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 6.26 million USD per square kilometre | 12.08 million USD per square kilometre | 5.82 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 8.07 million USD per square kilometre | 12.99 million USD per square kilometre | 4.92 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 10.72 million USD per square kilometre | 14.52 million USD per square kilometre | 3.8 million USD per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 12.15 million USD per square kilometre | 12.72 million USD per square kilometre | 0.5751 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$, per square kilometre, Germany or Japan?
- Germany, at 12.95 million USD per square kilometre against 11.53 million USD per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre between Germany and Japan?
- 1.42 million USD per square kilometre, with Germany 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$, per square kilometre?
- Germany ranks 20th and Japan ranks 21st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 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$ 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.