Japan Economic Data
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In 2008 fiscal purchasing power parity GDP of Japan was $4.487 trillion according to Japan economic data. Japanese economic data reveals that at same period GDP with regard to official exchange rate was $4.844 trillion.
Real growth rate of Japan GDP, in terms of economic data of Japan, was 0.7 percent. Per capita GDP according to purchasing power parity was $35,300. According to official economic data at Japan 1.4 percent of its GDP came from agricultural sector and 26.4 percent came from industrial sector. Economic data in Japan revealed that 72.1 percent of Japan GDP was provided by services sector.
As of 2008 economic data for Japan 66.15 million people were found working in various sectors of Japanese economy. In that same period rate of unemployment in Japan was 4.2 percent.
Japan’s economic data for 2008 fiscal states that investments made in this country accounted for 22.5 percent of Japan’s GDP. As per its budget for 2008 revenue of Japan amounted to $1.672 trillion and expenditures were $1.823 trillion.
Public debt in Japan as per Japan economic data amounted to 170.4 percent of its GDP. Rate of inflation at that point of time was 1.8 percent and this figure includes consumer prices as well.
According to Japan economic data major agricultural products of Japan were rice, poultry, sugar beets, dairy products, vegetables, eggs, fruit, fish and pork. Its major industrial products were motor vehicles, ships, electronic equipment, chemicals, machine tools, textiles, steel and nonferrous metals and processed foods.
As per information from Japan economic data current account balance of Japan was $187.8 billion. In 2008 aggregate value of all goods and services exported from Japan was $776.8 billion. Major export items of Japan were transport equipment, electrical machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals and semiconductors.
Japan economic data also reports that in fiscal 2008 total worth of all goods and services imported in Japan was $696.2 billion. It primarily imported goods and services such as machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, textiles, foodstuffs and raw materials. In 2008 foreign investments amounting to $139.7 billion was made in Japan and it invested $597 billion in other countries. In 2008 fiscal $1 was equal to 103.58 yen.
