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Japan – PPP Conversion Factor

Name: Japan PPP Conversion Factor
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Purchasing power parity conversion factor for GDP. Number of units of local currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services domestically as one US dollar would buy in the United States. · World Bank

94.46 +0.63 from 2023 G20 rank: 141st · all-time high: 187.62 (1990)

APA

Japan PPP Conversion Factor. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 11, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/japan/ppp-conversion-factor

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_japan_ppp-conversion-factor,
  title = {Japan PPP Conversion Factor},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/japan/ppp-conversion-factor},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	87.66	–	–
2026* trend	89.46	–	–
2025* trend	91.25	–	–
2024	94.46	+0.63	141st
2023	93.83	−1.09	148th
2022	94.92	−4.29	150th
2021	99.21	−1.53	152nd
2020	100.74	−2.49	152nd
2019	103.23	−0.93	152nd
2018	104.16	−0.94	152nd
2017	105.10	−0.42	155th
2016	105.52	+2.05	156th
2015	103.47	+0.42	157th
2014	103.05	+1.75	158th
2013	101.30	−2.97	158th
2012	104.27	−3.18	159th
2011	107.45	−4.25	161st
2010	111.71	−3.52	158th
2009	115.23	−1.61	158th
2008	116.85	−3.48	158th
2007	120.32	−4.14	155th
2006	124.46	−5.09	154th
2005	129.55	−4.85	153rd
2004	134.40	−5.18	155th
2003	139.58	−4.19	158th
2002	143.77	−5.87	159th
2001	149.64	−5.05	159th
2000	154.69	−7.35	160th
1999	162.04	−4.36	162nd
1998	166.39	−1.91	164th
1997	168.31	−2.04	165th
1996	170.35	−3.90	164th
1995	174.25	−4.59	168th
1994	178.84	−3.48	170th
1993	182.31	−3.34	172nd
1992	185.66	−1.10	174th
1991	186.75	−0.87	174th
1990	187.62	–	176th

Show all years (1990–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +25.4% GDP growth 2.2% C/A balance 3.7%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Japan matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2004. Historically, 67% of countries showing this pattern (460 out of 682) saw ppp conversion factor improve within 24 months. View full analysis →