Early-demographic dividend vs Japan: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Early-demographic dividend
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 80.6% against 58.1% in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 22.5%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Early-demographic dividend's.
Across all 60 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 20th and Japan ranks 20th of 46 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Early-demographic dividend | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.6% | 91.1% | 71.5% | Japan |
| 1970s | 25.8% | 94.1% | 68.4% | Japan |
| 1980s | 31.2% | 96.0% | 64.8% | Japan |
| 1990s | 54.8% | 95.2% | 40.4% | Japan |
| 2000s | 54.5% | 91.4% | 36.9% | Japan |
| 2010s | 53.0% | 87.5% | 34.6% | Japan |
| 2020s | 54.9% | 83.6% | 28.7% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures exports, Early-demographic dividend or Japan?
- Japan, at 80.6% against 58.1% in Early-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures exports between Early-demographic dividend and Japan?
- 22.5%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Early-demographic dividend and Japan?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2025.
- How do Early-demographic dividend and Japan rank globally for manufactures exports?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 20th and Japan ranks 20th of 46 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.