Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Japan instead of Andorra, you would:

Health

be 65.5% less likely to be obese

In Andorra, 17.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Japan, that number is 5.9% of people as of 2024.

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have 47.7% fewer doctors per person

Andorra has 50.7 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Japan has 26.5 as of 2022.

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Economy

make 33.8% less money

Andorra has a GDP per capita of $54,292 as of 2025, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $35,951 as of 2025.

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Life

be 72.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Andorra, approximately 11.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Japan, 3.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 25.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Andorra, approximately 2.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Japan, on the other hand, 1.8 children do as of 2024.

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have 16.8% fewer children

In Andorra, there are approximately 6.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Japan, there are 5.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 75.8% more on education

Andorra spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Japan spends 3.3% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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spend 39.5% more on healthcare

Andorra spends 7.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Japan, that number is 10.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 91.1% less likely to be murdered

Andorra has a homicide rate of 2.6 per 100,000 people as of 2020. In Japan, that number is 0.2 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 26.2% less home broadband

Andorra has 52.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Japan has 38.6 as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Andorra is about 808 times smaller than Japan.
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Moving from Andorra to Japan · OECD 2023
3 people moved from Andorra to Japan.
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Japan: At a glance

Japan is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 364,485 sq km. 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. For more than two centuries this policy enabled Japan to enjoy a flowering of its indigenous culture. Japan opened its ports after signing the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854 and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It occupied Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and southern Sakhalin Island. In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and an ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, elected politicians hold actual decision-making power. Following three decades of unprecedented growth, Japan's economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s, but the country remains a major economic power. In March 2011, Japan's strongest-ever earthquake, and an accompanying tsunami, devastated the northeast part of Honshu island, killing thousands and damaging several nuclear power plants. The catastrophe hobbled the country's economy and its energy infrastructure, and tested its ability to deal with humanitarian disasters.
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