Portulans Institute

Japan

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Eastern, Southeastern Asia and Oceania
Population (Total) 123,975,371
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 52,713

Performance Overview

ISO3

JPN

Country

Japan

Score

58.59

Rank

28

Input

24

Output

43

Enable

72.94

Attract

56.97

Grow

54.40

Retain

76.58

VT

50.74

GA

39.94

Pillar: Enable Score: 72.94Rank: 12
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Regulatory Landscape

82.97 14

1. Government effectiveness

85.067

2. Rule of law

89.5214

3. Political stability

88.6112

4. Regulatory quality

80.6414

5. Corruption

71.0018

Market Landscape

77.69 4

1. Extent of market dominance

68.826

2. Domestic credit to private sector

99.462

3. Cluster development

53.7144

4. R&D expenditure

54.195

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.2428

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

7. Urbanisation

90.7313

Business & Labour Landscape

58.16 29

1. Labour rights

88.9050

2. Labour-employer cooperation

75.906

3. Professional management

71.5124

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

45.8875

5. Enterprise software

36.1725

6. Cloud computing

30.5826

7. Firms with website

n/an/a
Pillar: Attract Score: 56.97Rank: 42
SCORERANK

External Openness

44.54 58

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

88.3341

2. Financial globalisation

77.6932

3. Migrant stock

5.1386

4. International students

17.3350

5. Brain gain

34.23104

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

69.39 36

1. Tolerance of minorities

82.986

2. Tolerance of immigrants

56.9270

3. Social mobility

67.9835

4. Economic empowerment of women

78.7589

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

75.6769

6. Leadership opportunities for women

54.06115
Pillar: Grow Score: 54.40Rank: 26
SCORERANK

Formal Education

52.27 13

1. Vocational enrolment

16.5665

2. Tertiary enrolment

37.7749

3. Tertiary education expenditure

n/an/a

4. Reading, maths, and science

80.823

5. University ranking

73.939

Lifelong Learning

50.85 26

1. Business masters education

42.0525

2. Prevalence of training in firms

n/an/a

3. Employee development

59.6471

Access to Growth Opportunities

60.10 38

1. Delegation of authority

59.1857

2. Youth inclusion

100.001

3. Use of virtual social networks

78.6014

4. Use of virtual professional networks

2.60119
Pillar: Retain Score: 76.58Rank: 17
SCORERANK

Sustainability

75.00 11

1. Pension coverage

100.001

2. Social protection

65.8829

3. Brain retention

61.9930

4. Environmental performance

61.4027

5. Vulnerable employment

91.3718

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

74.8412

7. Household Financial Resilience

69.5519

Lifestyle

78.15 29

1. Personal rights

94.189

2. Personal safety

91.109

3. Physician density

40.4559

4. Sanitation

99.9310

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

65.0653
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 50.74Rank: 66
SCORERANK

Mid-level Skills

53.67 40

1. Workforce with secondary education

61.2629

2. Population with secondary education

n/an/a

3. Technicians and associate professionals

n/an/a

4. Labour productivity per employee

46.0737

Employability

47.81 118

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

46.45110

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

49.1756

3. Skills matching

n/an/a

4. Highly educated unemployment

n/an/a
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 39.94Rank: 27
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High-level Skills

42.11 30

1. Workforce with tertiary education

72.219

2. Soft Skills

57.3057

3. Professionals

38.3738

4. Researchers

53.9814

5. Senior officials and managers

9.6798

6. Digital skills

21.1542

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

37.76 30

1. ICT services exports

8.2982

2. Mobile apps development

70.8434

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

100.001

4. High-value exports

27.4033

5. Software development

25.7239

6. New business density

2.10101

7. Scientific journal articles

29.9739

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