Japan: GDP per Hour Worked at PPP, % of the United States

## What this measures

Japan's GDP per hour worked at purchasing-power parity (world.gdp_per_hour.ppp.jpn) divided by the United States' (world.gdp_per_hour.ppp.usa) in the same year, × 100. Written for the years Palanor ranks the set.

## Why it matters

Putting each measure on a U.S. = 100 scale lets the three be compared directly: a European country can be well below the U.S. per person and close to it per hour.

## How to read it

Above 100, higher than the United States. The gap between the per-person and per-hour figures is mostly hours worked.

## What it does not say

PPP levels carry an error of several percent.

## Source

Palanor calculation from World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD), CC BY 4.0. and OECD, average annual hours actually worked per worker (DSD_HW@DF_AVG_ANN_HRS_WKD), CC BY 4.0.