Please check your download folder. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and an ally of the US. [91] The number of foreign workers was 1.46 million in 2018, 29.7% are in the manufacturing sector; 389,000 are from Vietnam and 316,000 are from China. Proficiency level: Low. . ), 11.59 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est. If you use our chart images on your site or blog, we ask that you provide attribution via a link back to this page. [52] This can be also said for Brazilians (300,000, many of whom are ethnically Japanese) as well as Peruvians and Argentineans of both Latin American and Japanese descent. 2022 #80 of 111 . )consumption: 210.882 million metric tons (2020 est. 54% of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level. 2022 Sep 08, 6:40, Kathmandu. )transmission/distribution losses: 44.094 billion kWh (2019 est. See also the number of migrants for this country. The Meiji government abolished most derogatory names applied to these discriminated communities in 1871, but the new laws had little effect on the social discrimination faced by the former outcasts and their descendants. Youth: Percentage of people aged 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life. )0.47% (2019 est.). [1] From the early 1980s, a civil disobedience movement encouraged refusal of the fingerprinting that accompanied registration every five years.[10]. In the 1940s, biracial Japanese children (Ainoko), specifically Amerasian children, encountered social problems such as poverty, perception of impurity and discrimination due to negative treatment in Japan. Previous: 2.6% for Oct. 2022; Next Release: Jan 30, 2023 GDP; Latest: -0.2% q/q for Jul. Although the gender gap between males and females narrowed, young women still have a literacy rate 2 percentage points lower than young men. The literacy rate for adults is 15 years or older, the literacy rate for young people is 15 to 24 years, and the literacy rate for elderly people is 65 years or older. Hfu (a kana rendition of "half") is a term used for people who are biracial and ethnically half Japanese. Poverty has a significant impact on educational opportunities. In 1603, after decades of civil warfare, the Tokugawa shogunate (a military-led, dynastic government) ushered in a long period of relative political stability and isolation from foreign influence. [90], As of December 2014 there were 2,121,831 foreigners residing in Japan, 677,019 of whom were long-term residents in Japan, according to national demographics figures. ), municipal solid waste generated annually: 43.981 million tons (2015 est. Japan literacy rate for 2018 was 99.00%, a 0% increase from 2015. [57] The societal view generally disapproves of out-of-wedlock births and premarital pregnancies. The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above is 86.3%. Approximately 98.6% of the population are Japanese citizens, and 99% of the population speak Japanese as their first language. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 IGO license. Data from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) show that many children around the world today are not equipped with foundational reading and numeracy skills that prepare them for the world beyond school. Metropolitan Tokyo-Yokohama, with its population of 35 million residents, is the world's most populous city. )exports: 0 kWh (2020 est. )nuclear: 4.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est. [23] The population of those 65years or older roughly doubled in 24 years, from 7.1% of the population in 1970 to 14.1% in 1994. Japanesemajor-language sample(s): (Japanese)The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. More than 200,000 Japanese went abroad in 1990 for extended periods of study, research, or business assignments. ), total: 48.6 yearsmale: 47.2 yearsfemale: 50 years (2020 est. Young people continued to move to large cities, however, to attend universities and find work, but some returned to regional cities (a pattern known as U-turn) or to their prefecture of origin (referred to as "J-turn"), or even moved to a rural area for the first time ("I-turn"). Under the Abe Administration, Japans government sought to open the countrys economy to greater foreign competition and create new export opportunities for Japanese businesses, including by joining 11 trading partners in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ), forest revenues: 0.02% of GDP (2018 est. 2022 population pyramid Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 71.1 youth dependency ratio: 20.1 elderly dependency ratio: 51 potential support ratio: 2 (2021 est.) )permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est. )refined petroleum consumption: 3,739,300 bbl/day (2019 est. [9], The population consisted of 47,062,743 households, with 78.7% in urban areas (July 2000). According to the Statistical Bureau of Japan, the population of Japan as of May 2022 is at 125.05 million, including foreign residents. Proficiency level: Low. Death Rate for Japan from Japan Statistics Bureau for the Vital Statistics (Sub-National) release. Literacy levels are lowest in South Asia, West Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, also home to the worlds poorest nations. We mainly use government data on our site and portray it in the most interesting way possible. Individuals are counted as having ICT skills if they performed at least one of the nine activities in the past three months (SDG4.4.1). During the Edo period, such people were required to live in special buraku and, like the rest of the population, were bound by sumptuary laws based on the inheritance of social class. Japan also reached agreement with the European Union on an Economic Partnership Agreement in July 2017, and is likely seek to ratify both agreements in the Diet this year. Male Female gap at the all-India level is 12.9 percentage points with male literacy at 84.7% and female literacy at 70.3%. Some 48.6% of Japanese adults are proficient at level 3 in literacy and 22.6% of adults are proficient levels 4/5 in the same domain. )percent of population: 90% (2020 est. Those who cannot do so have few choices; even entry-level positions paying the federal minimum wage might be difficult to come by. [citation needed] Japan has indigenous minority groups such as the Ainu and Ryukyuans, who generally speak Japanese. note: data are in 2017 dollars$41,700 (2019 est. Between 2018 to 2021, the literacy rate of Brazil grew slightly. Chinese made up the largest portion of them with 215,155, followed by Filipinos with 115,857, and Koreans with 65,711. Males over the age of 15 have a literacy rate of 90%, while females fall slightly behind at 82.7 percent. The disparity is largest in Nepal, where the share of the children from the poorest families with foundational numeracy skills lags 37 percentage points behind children from the richest families. )wine: 0.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. 2018 . Globally, the youth literacy rate increased from 87 per cent in 2000 to 92 per cent in, . Mitchell. )imports: 174.486 million metric tons (2020 est. ", "20(Number of Foreign residents in Japan)", "Embassy taps help of Pinoy groups in Japan", "Ranks of Happiness in Nations in the 1990s", "Countries Compared by Lifestyle > Life satisfaction. This country tops the list as the most educated in the world, with 56.27 percent of adults having earned some kind of higher education. California is the state with the lowest adult literacy rate in 2023. note: data are in current year dollars$913.248 billion (2019 est.) Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license. )consumption: 903,698,740,000 kWh (2019 est. However, most Japanese people generally do not exclusively identify themselves as adherents of one religion, but rather incorporate various elements in a syncretic fashion. The gap between the literacy rates of males and females remains grave. 4 million more young women than young men who are illiterate. Among the 35 countries that have data for the foundational learning module, the median gap between the proportion of girls and boys with foundational reading skills is 2 percentage points. If the child succeedsin all three tasks, s/he is considered to have foundationalreading skills. )-4.51% (2020 est. 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The youth literacy rate for ages 15-24 reflects recent progress in education. ), production: 29.84 million metric tons (2020 est. Asia & Oceania 17502000. of basic education, elementary, junior high, and senior high school, followed by higher education. Girls dropping out of schools increased due to economic difficulties. In August 2015, Japan successfully restarted one nuclear reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima prefecture, and several other reactors around the country have since resumed operations; however, opposition from local governments has delayed several more restarts that remain pending. [62][63], Divorce rates per 1000 of total population, Naturalized Japanese citizens and native-born Japanese nationals with multi-ethnic background are all considered to be Japanese in the population census of Japan. In less-developed nations, women are generally expected to remain at home and care for the house and children. Sources - What is a population pyramid? Domains by Country / Domain Names by Country 2022, Google Pay Countries / List of Google Pay Countries 2022. About us. 1970 - 2021. )industry: 30.1% (2017 est. ), household consumption: 55.5% (2017 est. ), 1.66% (2021 est. In the old "Technical Trainee programme" a foreign employee was tied to their employer. [26] The demographic shift in Japan's age profile has triggered concerns about the nation's economic future and the viability of its welfare state. Proficiency level: Low. The Korean figures do not include zainichi Koreans with tokubetsu eijusha ("special permanent resident") visas, of whom there were 354,503 (of a total of 358,409 of all nationalities with such visas). Foundational numeracy skills are divided into four tasks: 1) number reading, 2) number discrimination, 3) addition, and 4) pattern recognition. June 1965) between South Korea and Japan. In addition, the gender gap in South Asia and West and Central Africa is pronounced these regions each has around 4 million more young women than young men who are illiterate. Receive the latest updates from the UNICEF Data team. As of 2013[update] more than 20 percent of the population of Japan were aged 65 and over. As a Jamaican, I must say, I am extremely proud of where we are in literacy, yes, as a third world country! Teachers are hired by the Ministry of Education and, once they prove themselves for a given time period, are essentially hired for life. )permanent crops: 0.8% (2018 est. [21], Japan is an urban society with about only 5% of the labor force working in agriculture. (mythological date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU); 29 November 1890 (Meiji Constitution provides for constitutional monarchy), Birthday of Emperor NARUHITO, 23 February (1960); note - celebrates the birthday of the current emperor, history: previous 1890; latest approved 6 October 1946, adopted 3 November 1946, effective 3 May 1947amendments: proposed by the Diet; passage requires approval by at least two-thirds majority of both houses of the Diet and approval by majority in a referendum; note - the constitution has not been amended since its enactment in 1947, civil law system based on German model; system also reflects Anglo-American influence and Japanese traditions; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court, accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction, citizenship by birth: nocitizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Japandual citizenship recognized: noresidency requirement for naturalization: 5 years, chief of state: Emperor NARUHITO (since 1 May 2019); note - succeeds his father who abdicated on 30 April 2019head of government: Prime Minister Fumio KISHIDA (since 4 October 2021 )cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime ministerelections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; the leader of the majority party or majority coalition in the House of Representatives usually becomes prime ministerelection results: Fumio KISHIDA relected prime minister on 10 November 2021 by the lower house with 297 votes against 108 for Yukio EDANO and in the upper houese 141 for KISHIDA and 60 for EDANO, description: bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of:House of Councillors or Sangi-in (245 seats, currently 242; 146 members directly elected in multi-seat districts by simple majority vote and 96 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with half the membership renewed every 3 years); note - the number of seats increases to 248 at the July 2022 election for renewal of half the membership House of Representatives or Shugi-in (465 seats; 289 members directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote and 176 directly elected in multi-seat districts by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)elections: House of Councillors - last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2022)House of Representatives - last held on 31 October 2021 (next to be held by October 2025)election results: House of Councillors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 55, DP 32, Komeito 14, JCP 6, Osaka Ishin no Kai (Initiatives from Osaka) 7, PLPTYF 1, SDP 1, independent 5; composition - men 186, women 56, percent of women 21.3%House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 261, CDP 96, Ishin 41, Komeito 32, DPFP 11, JCP 10, Reiwa 3, SDP 1, independent 10; composition - men 420, women 45, percent of women 9.7%; note - total Diet percent of women 14.7%note: the Diet in June 2017 redrew Japan's electoral district boundaries and reduced from 475 to 465 seats in the House of Representatives; the amended electoral law, which cuts 6 seats in single-seat districts and 4 in multi-seat districts, was reportedly intended to reduce voting disparities between densely and sparsely populated voting districts, highest court(s): Supreme Court or Saiko saibansho (consists of the chief justice and 14 associate justices); note - the Supreme Court has jurisdiction in constitutional issuesjudge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice designated by the Cabinet and appointed by the monarch; associate justices appointed by the Cabinet and confirmed by the monarch; all justices are reviewed in a popular referendum at the first general election of the House of Representatives following each judge's appointment and every 10 years afterwardsubordinate courts: 8 High Courts (Koto-saiban-sho), each with a Family Court (Katei-saiban-sho); 50 District Courts (Chiho saibansho), with 203 additional branches; 438 Summary Courts (Kani saibansho), Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan or CDP [Kenta IZUMI]Democratic Party for the People Japan or DPFP [Yuichiro TAMAKI]Group of Reformists [Sakihito OZAWA]Japan Communist Party or JCP [Kazuo SHII]Japan Innovation Party or Nippon Ishin no kai or Ishin [Ichiro MATSUI]Komeito [Natsuo YAMAGUCHI]Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Fumio KISHIDA]Liberal Party [Ichiro OZAWA] (formerly People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends or PLPTYF)Party of Hope or Kibo no To [Nariaki NAKAYAMA]Reiwa Shinsengumi [Taro YAMAMOTO]Social Democratic Party or SDP [Mizuho FUKUSHIMA], ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CICA (observer), CP, CPLP (associate), EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Quad, SAARC (observer), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC, chief of mission: Ambassador TOMITA Koji (since 17 February 2021)chancery: 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 238-6700FAX: [1] (202) 328-2187email address and website: https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/index.htmlconsulate(s) general: Anchorage (AK), Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver (CO), Detroit (MI), Hagatna (Guam), Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville (TN), New York, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands), Seattle (WA), chief of mission: Ambassador Rahm EMANUEL (since 25 March 2022)embassy: 1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8420mailing address: 9800 Tokyo Place, Washington DC 20521-9800telephone: [81] (03) 3224-5000FAX: [81] (03) 3224-5856email address and website: TokyoACS@state.govhttps://jp.usembassy.gov/consulate(s) general: Naha (Okinawa), Osaka-Kobe, Sapporoconsulate(s): Fukuoka, Nagoya, white with a large red disk (representing the sun without rays) in the center, red sun disc, chrysanthemum; national colors: red, white, name: "Kimigayo" (The Emperor's Reign)lyrics/music: unknown/Hiromori HAYASHInote: adopted 1999; unofficial national anthem since 1883; oldest anthem lyrics in the world, dating to the 10th century or earlier; there is some opposition to the anthem because of its association with militarism and worship of the emperor, total World Heritage Sites: 25 (20 cultural, 5 natural)selected World Heritage Site locales: Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Himeji-jo (c); Shiretoko (n); Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (c); Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (c); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Yakushima (n); Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (c); Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (c). [6], Based on 2012 data from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan's population will keep declining by about one million people every year in the coming decades, which would leave it with a population of around 70 million by 2060 and 42 million by early 22nd century if the current projections do not change. Spain [+] 2018: 97.97%: 98.93%: 98.44%: 99.72%: 0.09: Italy [+] 2018: 98.97%: 99.35% . [10][38], Government statistics show that in the 1980s significant numbers of people left the largest central cities (Tokyo and Osaka) to move to suburbs within their metropolitan areas. )female: 10% (2020 est. ), total: 1.9 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 2 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 1.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est. Japan Literacy Rate -2022 Population Economy Trade Health Education Development Labor Force Environment Crime Immigration Other Literacy Rate Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. Generally, "literacy" also encompasses "numeracy", the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.Gender Parity Index (GPI): The gender parity index (GPI) of the youth literacy rate is the ratio of the female to male literacy rates of the population aged 15 to 24 years. As Japanese settlement expanded, the Ainu were pushed northward,[10] by the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ainu were pushed into the island of Hokkaido. Of these foreign residents below, the new wave started in 2014 comes to Japan as students or trainees. 2020 #55 of 100 . ), total: 44,000,791 (2020 est. 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