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Japan - Life Expectancy and Healthcare Spending per Capita 84.04

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 217 economies tracked

Latest value

84.04 (2024)

Global rank

##10 of 217 economies

vs global median

1.1×

Growth since 1960

1.24×

Ranking Race — Life Expectancy and Healthcare Spending per Capita

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#15#29#43#57#7119601970198019902000201020202024#41#102002 overtook Hong Kong2009 overtook Liechtenstein
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2024. Japan climbed from #41 to #10 (overtook Hong Kong). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Japan ↓

Key Events — Japan

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1973
Oil crisis shock curated

First oil shock ends rapid postwar growth; inflation surges.

1985
Plaza Accord curated

Yen revaluation agreed; asset bubble inflates through the late 1980s.

1991
Asset bubble bursts curated

Equity and land prices collapse, opening the lost decades.

2002
Overtook Hong Kong in global rank auto
2009
Overtook Liechtenstein in global rank auto
2011
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis curated

Triple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.

Life Expectancy and Healthcare Spending per Capita, 1960-2024

World Bank WDI · Years · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19601975199020052020202467.773.3278.9484.56

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