Japan and Thailand

Trade adds both directions. Shares refer to the country’s total goods exports; investment is an accumulated stock, not an annual flow. Every figure retains the currency and period of its source. BEA positions are historical-cost estimates based on the immediate counterpart, not market values or investment by ultimate owner. ‘More than’ indicates a lower bound, not an exact amount. A recorded stock does not establish new activity or authorisation to operate under sanctions.

Goods trade

2025 · UN Comtrade / JPN · Goods; full year; JPN reporter. Exports normally FOB and imports CIF according to the reporter's coverage. No addition of mirror reports.

Goods: Japan to Thailand

2025 · UN Comtrade / JPN · Goods; full year; JPN reporter. Exports normally FOB and imports CIF according to the reporter's coverage. No addition of mirror reports.

Goods: Thailand to Japan

2025 · UN Comtrade / JPN · Goods; full year; JPN reporter. Exports normally FOB and imports CIF according to the reporter's coverage. No addition of mirror reports.

Export share: Japan to Thailand

2025 · UN Comtrade / JPN · Goods share: JPN exports to the partner / the same reporter's exports to the world, same year.

Blank cells are not zero. Average annual inflation and the latest year-on-year figure appear in separate rows: they are not the same measure. Every annual indicator retains its reference year; when the years differ, the figures are identified as not directly comparable. When a figure is unavailable from the World Bank, an annual IMF estimate is used and identified as such. The latest year-on-year figure is the latest official release verified as of 7 October 2026. This includes advance releases marked as provisional. Mexico may have a fortnightly figure before the full month is published; it is not automatically compared with a monthly figure. The publication date is retained in each source’s details; it does not replace the observation period or the annual average. Policy rates carry their own dates and represent different instruments. Spain and France share the ECB rate. Balances are positive for surpluses and negative for deficits. The IMF may use fiscal years; unemployment retains each source’s definition (ILO estimates, IMF WEO or PCBS), as stated in the details. For Palestine, debt and the fiscal balance cover central government and retain the PCBS definition; they are not presented as consolidated general government. These are economic magnitudes, not measures of relationship quality.

Area retains each source’s territorial coverage; it does not determine sovereignty or effective control. Canada uses an archived national geographic reference. Military expenditure retains the 2024 SIPRI sample distributed by the World Bank: the amount and percentage of GDP use that same definition, which differs from NATO’s. It is not an approved budget or a 2026 figure. Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Military expenditure database · Terms of use0

Indicators reviewed: 2026-10-07. Each source retains its original access date; this review does not turn all the data into 2026 observations. Figures may be revised.

Nominal GDP

Current USDJapan: 2025 · World BankThailand: 2025 · World Bank · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

GDP per capita

Current USD per personJapan: 2025 · World BankThailand: 2025 · World Bank · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

GDP growth

Annual real change (%)Japan: 2025 · World BankThailand: 2025 · World Bank · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

Policy interest rate

Central bank instrument (%)Japan: 2026-09-24 · Approximate target for the uncollateralised overnight rate · Bank of Japan

Inflation · annual average

Average annual change in headline CPI (%)Japan: 2025 · Annual average change in the CPI (%) · World BankThailand: 2025 · Annual average change in the CPI (%) · World Bank · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

Inflation · latest year-on-year figure

Headline CPI relative to the same period of the previous year (%); monthly or fortnightly frequency statedJapan: 2026-08 · Change in headline CPI from the same month of the previous year (%) · Statistics Bureau of Japan · Published: 2026-09-18 · National headline CPI, 2025 base; includes fresh food and energy. The measure excluding fresh food (1.7%) and the preliminary Tokyo release are not used.

Unemployment

% of the labour force; definition used by the stated institutionJapan: 2025 · World Bank · ILO est.Thailand: 2025 · ILO modelled estimate; percentage of the labour force · World Bank · ILO est. · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

Budget balance

General government (% of GDP)Japan: 2025 · IMF — World Economic Outlook · IMF est.Thailand: 2025 · IMF · IMF est. · WEO general-government estimate, % of GDP. Not an observed balance for the current month.

Gross public debt

General government (% of GDP)Japan: 2025 · IMF — World Economic Outlook · IMF est.Thailand: 2025 · IMF · IMF est. · WEO general-government estimate, % of GDP. Not an observed balance for the current month.

Current account balance

% of GDPJapan: 2025 · World BankThailand: 2025 · World Bank · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

Population

PeopleJapan: 2025 · World BankThailand: 2025 · World Bank · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

Area

Total area in km²; territorial coverage of the sourceJapan: 2023 · Total area, including inland waters; source's territorial coverage · World Bank · FAOThailand: 2023 · World Bank · Official World Bank series. Observation year, not download date.

Military expenditure

Current USD per year; SIPRI series

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Percentage of GDP; SIPRI definition, not NATO’s definition