International rankings of Japan

The following are international rankings of  Japan:

Cities

• Tokyo-Yokohama, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, ranked 2
• Tokyo-Yokohama, Population of urban area ranked 1
• Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto, Population of urban area ranked 10
• Osaka, Mercer Human Resource Consulting: Most expensive cities 2008, ranked 11
• Nagoya, Population of urban area ranked 24

Demographics

• Population ranked 10 out of 228 countries and territories
• CIA World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 1 out of 191 countries and territories^[1]
• Total immigrant population ranked 20 out of 192 countries^[2][3]

Economy

• IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, ranked 19 out of 60 economies ^[4]
• The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom 2008, ranked 17 out of 157 countries^[5]
• The Economist: Quality-of-Life Index 2005, ranked 17 out of 111 countries^[6]
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009, ranked 9 out of 125 countries^[7]

Education

• OECD Programme for International Student Assessment 2006, ranked 3 out of 30 countries in science

Environment

• Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index, ranked 30 out of 146 countries

Geography

• Total area ranked 61 out of 233 countries

Globalization

• KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, ranked 40 out of 122 countries^[8]
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 28 out of 62 countries^[9]

Industry

• Shipbuilding total completed ships 2005, ranked 1^[10]
• OICA automobile production 2007, ranked 1 out of 51 countries^[11]

Military

• Center for Strategic and International Studies: active troops ranked 22 out of 166 countries^[12]

Political

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2008, ranked 18 out of 180 countries^[13]
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2008, ranked 29 out of 173 countries^[14]
• The Economist Democracy Index 2010, ranked 22nd out of 167 countries^[15]

Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2010 (PDF)

Society

• United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked 8 out of 180 countries^[16]
• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked 29 out of 110 countries^[17]
• World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 10 out of 100 countries^[18]

Second-highest suicide rate among OECD countries

• University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 90 out of 178 countries^[19]

Technology

• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 8 in online government services^[20]
• Number of mobile phones in use ranked 9 ^[21]
• Number of broadband Internet users ranked 3
• Economist Intelligence Unit: E-readiness 2008, ranked 18 out of 45 countries
• World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked 19 out of 127 countries^[22]
• United Nations: e-Government Readiness Index, 2008, ranked 11 out of 50 countries^[23]

Tourism

• World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2007, ranked 28^[24]

Transportation

• Total rapid transit systems ranked 3

References

See also