Life Expectancy / Japan
Japan Life Expectancy
Japan life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 84.04.
COUNTRY: Japan
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:08:47
GM ECONOMY RATING
Japan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
81 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
14.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 76% of weighted inputs available.
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Japan · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
84.04
Previous
84.04
Range avg.
84.15
Rank
5
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84.042024 · Rank 5
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Japan recorded 84.04 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.00 (0.0%), from 84.04 to 84.04.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (84.15).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 83.79 in 2015 and the high was 84.56 in 2020.
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