High income vs Japan: Manufactures exports
Manufactures exports over time
- High income
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 80.6% against 67.8% in High income, a difference of 12.8%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times High income's.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 17th and Japan ranks 18th of 46 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.3% | 91.0% | 24.6% | Japan |
| 1970s | 69.9% | 94.1% | 24.2% | Japan |
| 1980s | 72.4% | 96.0% | 23.6% | Japan |
| 1990s | 75.7% | 95.2% | 19.6% | Japan |
| 2000s | 70.5% | 91.4% | 20.9% | Japan |
| 2010s | 64.7% | 87.5% | 22.8% | Japan |
| 2020s | 66.6% | 84.2% | 17.6% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures exports, High income or Japan?
- Japan, at 80.6% against 67.8% in High income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures exports between High income and Japan?
- 12.8%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Japan?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do High income and Japan rank globally for manufactures exports?
- High income ranks 17th and Japan ranks 18th 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.