Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Japan instead of Singapore, you would:
Health
be 29.5% less likely to be obese
In Singapore, 6.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Japan, that number is 4.3% of people as of 2016.
live 1.5 years less
In Singapore, the average life expectancy is 86 years (84 years for men, 89 years for women) as of 2022. In Japan, that number is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 55.7% less money
Singapore has a GDP per capita of $93,400 as of 2020, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $41,400 as of 2019.
pay a 2.5 times higher top tax rate
Singapore has a top tax rate of 22.0% as of 2016. In Japan, the top tax rate is 56.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 37.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Singapore, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Japan, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
be 22.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Singapore, approximately 1.6 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.
have 23.2% fewer children
In Singapore, there are approximately 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Japan, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 28.0% more on education
Singapore spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Japan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
spend 2.6 times more on healthcare
Singapore spends 4.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Japan, that number is 10.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 154.2 times more coastline
Singapore has a total of 193 km of coastline. In Japan, that number is 29,751 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, National Tax Agency Japan.
Japan: At a glance
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