Venture capital investments in Japan
Japan: Venture capital investments was 0.0559 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising
Venture capital investments in Japan, 2009–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, venture capital investments in Japan stood at 0.0559 Percentage of GDP.
That represents a change of up 28.9% on the previous year and up 152.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Japan peaked at 0.058 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0175 Percentage of GDP, in 2009.
Japan ranks 13th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Venture capital investments in Japan, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.0175 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2010 | 0.0222 Percentage of GDP | +26.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0247 Percentage of GDP | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0203 Percentage of GDP | -18.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0353 Percentage of GDP | +74.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0222 Percentage of GDP | -37.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0245 Percentage of GDP | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0268 Percentage of GDP | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0333 Percentage of GDP | +24.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0443 Percentage of GDP | +33.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0477 Percentage of GDP | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 0.04 Percentage of GDP | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 0.058 Percentage of GDP | +45.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0551 Percentage of GDP | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0433 Percentage of GDP | -21.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0559 Percentage of GDP | +28.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0175 Percentage of GDP | 0.0175 Percentage of GDP | 0.0175 Percentage of GDP | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.0301 Percentage of GDP | 0.0203 Percentage of GDP | 0.0477 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0505 Percentage of GDP | 0.04 Percentage of GDP | 0.058 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.4463 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 895,261 constant LCU per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual -7.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2678 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 9,050 current US$ per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual -0.2994 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 40.53 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 1.37 million current LCU per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -4.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Japan?
- Venture capital investments in Japan was 0.0559 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.058 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0175 Percentage of GDP in 2009.
- How does Japan rank for venture capital investments?
- Japan ranks 13th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 152.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org