Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Japan instead of Poland, you would:
Health
live 6.1 years longer
In Poland, the average life expectancy is 79 years (75 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022. In Japan, that number is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022.
be 81.4% less likely to be obese
In Poland, 23.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Japan, that number is 4.3% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 28.6% more money
Poland has a GDP per capita of $32,200 as of 2020, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $41,400 as of 2019.
be 56.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Poland, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Japan, that number is 2.4% as of 2019.
pay a 74.8% higher top tax rate
Poland has a top tax rate of 32.0% as of 2016. In Japan, the top tax rate is 56.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 54.3% less likely to die during infancy
In Poland, approximately 4.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Japan, on the other hand, 1.9 children do as of 2022.
be 2.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Poland, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Japan, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
have 18.2% fewer children
In Poland, there are approximately 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Japan, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 30.4% less on education
Poland spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Japan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
spend 64.6% more on healthcare
Poland spends 6.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Japan, that number is 10.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 67.6 times more coastline
Poland has a total of 440 km of coastline. In Japan, that number is 29,751 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Poland, National Tax Agency Japan.
Japan: At a glance
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