FAO AQUASTAT · updated 2026-10-03 · 170 economies tracked
59.33 (2023)
##40 of 170 economies
0.6%
1.6×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1974 - 2023. Japan climbed from #5 to #40 (overtook Botswana). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Japan ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
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.
Private External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), GDP per Capita (Real), Labor Productivity or Total Factor Productivity
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