Japan, year by year

Every index this site holds for Japan, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.846 → 0.920 (+0.074)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth82 → 84 (+2.1)

Internet users69 → 86 (+17)

Urban population87 → 92 (+5)

Births per woman1.26 → 1.15 (-0.11)

Renewable share of energy4 → 9 (+5)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality3 → 2 (-1)

CO2 emissions per person10 → 7.8 (-2.2)

Forest area68 → 68 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.846	78.8	—	—	1.54	4	100	5	9.4	68.4	—	—
1991	0.850	79.0	0	77	1.53	5	100	5	9.4	68.4	—	—
1992	0.852	79.1	0	78	1.50	4	100	4	9.5	68.4	—	—
1993	0.858	79.3	0	78	1.46	4	100	4	9.4	68.4	—	—
1994	0.865	79.7	1	78	1.50	3	100	4	9.8	68.3	—	—
1995	0.867	79.5	2	78	1.42	4	100	4	9.8	68.3	—	—
1996	0.874	80.2	4	78	1.43	4	100	4	9.9	68.3	—	—
1997	0.877	80.4	9	78	1.39	4	100	4	9.8	68.3	—	—
1998	0.877	80.5	13	78	1.38	4	100	4	9.4	68.3	—	—
1999	0.878	80.5	21	78	1.34	4	100	3	9.7	68.3	—	—
2000	0.883	81.1	30	79	1.36	4	100	3	9.8	68.3	—	—
2001	0.885	81.4	39	79	1.33	4	100	3	9.7	68.3	—	—
2002	0.888	81.7	47	81	1.32	4	100	3	9.9	68.3	—	—
2003	0.889	81.8	48	82	1.29	4	100	3	10.0	68.3	—	—
2004	0.893	82.0	62	84	1.29	4	100	3	9.9	68.3	—	—
2005	0.894	82.0	67	86	1.26	4	100	3	10.0	68.4	—	—
2006	0.898	82.3	69	87	1.32	4	100	3	9.8	68.4	36354	33971
2007	0.900	82.5	74	88	1.34	4	100	3	10.1	68.4	36130	35359
2008	0.901	82.6	75	89	1.37	4	100	3	9.5	68.4	40294	35643
2009	0.900	82.9	78	90	1.37	5	100	3	9.0	68.5	41678	33843
2010	0.903	82.8	78	91	1.39	5	100	2	9.5	68.5	45378	35658
2011	0.902	82.6	79	91	1.39	5	100	2	9.9	68.5	49122	36483
2012	0.906	83.1	80	91	1.41	5	100	2	10.3	68.5	49627	37974
2013	0.909	83.3	88	91	1.43	5	100	2	10.4	68.5	41369	39855
2014	0.910	83.6	89	91	1.42	6	100	2	10.0	68.5	39173	40272
2015	0.913	83.8	91	91	1.45	6	100	2	9.7	68.4	35665	41722
2016	0.914	84.0	93	91	1.44	6	100	2	9.7	68.4	40215	41463
2017	0.916	84.1	92	92	1.43	7	100	2	9.6	68.4	39680	42347
2018	0.917	84.2	89	92	1.42	7	100	2	9.2	68.4	40645	43090
2019	0.918	84.4	93	92	1.36	8	100	2	8.9	68.4	41425	43744
2020	0.917	84.6	90	92	1.33	9	100	2	8.4	68.4	41099	43560
2021	0.920	84.5	83	92	1.30	9	100	2	8.6	68.4	41581	45999
2022	0.920	84.0	85	92	1.26	—	100	2	8.4	68.4	35548	49246
2023	—	84.0	85	92	1.20	—	100	2	8.1	68.4	35215	52726
2024	—	84.0	86	92	1.15	—	100	2	7.8	—	33797	54156
2025	—	—	—	92	—	—	—	—	—	—	35951	55422
Profile shows	0.920	84.0	86	92	1.15	9	—	—	7.8	68.4	35951	55422

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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