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28/10/2021 by

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Japan

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 44 625 USD (2021)
  • Government debt: 257.8% of GDP (2020)
  • Population: 125.7 million
  • General Governance Investment: 16.9% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 68.7% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 93.2/100 (2019)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 8.2t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 64/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Japan data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Compact City Development (GIH, 2021)

Related publications

  • Budgeting and Public Expenditures in OECD Countries (2019)
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Summary of the White Paper on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan (2021)
  • White Paper on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan (2019)

Links to useful data

  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • Japan – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Japan, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Japan

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  • Ministry of Finance Japan

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