Quality of life comparison

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

Health

see 45.2% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Japan spends $5,365 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 83.7% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $35,951 as of 2025.

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Life

be 55.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Japan, on the other hand, 1.8 children do as of 2024.

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have 32.1% fewer children

In Liechtenstein, there are approximately 8.4 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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Basic Needs

be 12.9% less likely to have internet access

In Liechtenstein, approximately 98.3% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Japan, about 85.5% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 88.1% more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% 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 95.5% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Japan, that number is 0.2 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 22.8% less home broadband

Liechtenstein has 50.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Japan has 38.6 as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: Liechtenstein vs. Japan

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Japan is 53.9% cheaper than Liechtenstein overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Liechtenstein is about 2,362 times smaller than Japan.
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Moving from Liechtenstein to Japan · OECD 2023
3 people moved from Liechtenstein 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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