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Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Japan

Japan: Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal was 58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
58th
of 179 countries
All-time high
59.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2019
All-time low
25.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 1980
Years of data
43
1980–2022

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Japan, 1980–2022

02040601980200120221980: 26 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1981: 27 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1982: 27.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1983: 28.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1984: 29.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1985: 31.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1986: 32.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1987: 33.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1988: 35.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1989: 37.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1990: 39.2 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1991: 40.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1992: 40.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1993: 40.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1994: 41.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1995: 43.1 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1996: 44.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1997: 44.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1998: 43.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1999: 43.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2000: 44.6 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2001: 46.2 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2002: 47.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2003: 48.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2004: 50 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2005: 51.1 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2006: 52.1 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2007: 53.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2008: 53.1 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2009: 50.4 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2010: 52.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2011: 52.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2012: 53.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2013: 54.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2014: 55.6 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2015: 56.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2016: 57.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2017: 58.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2018: 59.2 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2019: 59.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2020: 56 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2021: 58 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2022: 58.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.

Analysis

In 2022, water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Japan stood at 58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Japan peaked at 59.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 25.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, in 1980.

Japan ranks 58th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Japan, year by year

Year constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal Change
1980 25.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal —
1981 26.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.9%
1982 27.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.0%
1983 28.68 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.2%
1984 29.88 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.2%
1985 31.34 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.9%
1986 32.28 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.0%
1987 33.71 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.4%
1988 35.88 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.5%
1989 37.51 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.5%
1990 39.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.6%
1991 40.47 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.2%
1992 40.73 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +0.6%
1993 40.89 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +0.4%
1994 41.68 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.9%
1995 43.08 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.4%
1996 44.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.9%
1997 44.84 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.2%
1998 43.84 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -2.2%
1999 43.49 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -0.8%
2000 44.59 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.5%
2001 46.24 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.7%
2002 47.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.6%
2003 48.77 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.8%
2004 50 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.5%
2005 51.13 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.3%
2006 52.13 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.0%
2007 53.25 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.1%
2008 53.12 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -0.2%
2009 50.44 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -5.1%
2010 52.67 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.4%
2011 52.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +0.1%
2012 53.72 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.9%
2013 54.94 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.3%
2014 55.58 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.2%
2015 56.74 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.1%
2016 57.29 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.0%
2017 58.52 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.1%
2018 59.16 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.1%
2019 59.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +0.6%
2020 56.02 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -5.8%
2021 58.02 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.6%
2022 58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.3%

Japan compared with similar countries

  • Japan's 58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal is below the median for high income countries, which is 108.49 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, 54% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Japan's 58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 29.39 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, 2.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 31 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 25.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 37.51 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
1990s 42.26 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 39.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 44.84 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2000s 49.76 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 44.59 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 53.25 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2010s 56.08 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 52.67 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 59.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2020s 57.61 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 56.02 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 3

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 55 Trinidad and Tobago 63.83 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  2. 56 South Korea 63.37 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  3. 57 Italy 59.2 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  4. 59 Cote d'Ivoire 58.25 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  5. 60 Panama 57.97 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  6. 61 Malaysia 57.89 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Japan?
Water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Japan was 58.79 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 59.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2019.
What is the lowest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 25.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 1980.
How does Japan rank for water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal?
Japan ranks 58th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
Is water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal
Unit
constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
179 places, 6,112 data points, 1962–2022
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Water productivity is calculated as total gross domestic product (GDP), measured in constant 2015 US$ divided by annual total water withdrawal.