FAO AQUASTAT · updated 2026-10-03 · 179 economies tracked
77 (2023)
##11 of 179 economies
1.9%
0.87×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1962 - 2023. Japan climbed from #5 to #11. Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Japan ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
First oil shock ends rapid postwar growth; inflation surges.
Yen revaluation agreed; asset bubble inflates through the late 1980s.
Equity and land prices collapse, opening the lost decades.
Triple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.
Migrant Stock Abroad, Remittance Outflow Estimate (bilateral), Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption
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