[OC] Japans Wirtschaft im Vergleich, 1995 und 2025
Von midlife_cl
[OC] Japans Wirtschaft im Vergleich, 1995 und 2025
Von midlife_cl
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Decades of stagnation will do that. But I also think the US is misleading here due to the vast wealth inequality. The average person prob had an experience like someone in Japan.
Notably, 1995 is already after the Japanese economic bubble burst.
Is this ppp data? Otherwise this graph is just wrong.
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I don’t think that it is a fair comparison. Japan wants to keep yen stable and it is one of the few currencies that don’t have inflation. 100 yen in 1995 is worth 101 yen now. A $100 in 1995 is worth $220 now. Yeah, there are problems with the japanese economy, but this graph is pretty misleading
A comparison like this should always be in real dollars.
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How exactly is the EU numbers counted? There has been a lot of change in member nations within this period, so it’s not really comparable in this way.
OP what does „current US dollars“ mean? Is it 2026 USD for both 2025 and 1995 entries? Or 1995 USD in 1995 and 2025 USD in 2025?
Nominal doesn’t give much usable information.
If Japan has figured out how to live a life that is not dependent on infinite growth, they might be way ahead of us.
I mean quality of life in Japan is pretty good so what does that tell you about GDP measure and growth.
Now do the median GDP per capita. The US has *wild* wealth inequality.
Somehow Japan is a billion times better than anybody in standard of living
I think GDP being used everywhere is lowkey American propaganda since they have the highest GDP, but how does this actually translate to people’s lives? Would Americans say their life quality has 3x’d since 1995, or would Europeans say theirs 2.5x’d? If GDP isn’t a measure of quality of life then what does it measure and how does it actually impact the people. Whats the point of this metric if you’re middle class?
Japan finally got cheap enough for tourism to take off. Sad we don’t get so many Japanese tourists here anymore.
By using nominal GDP you’re showcasing exchange rate fluctuations, not changes in the areas that we typically associate with GDP per capita (economic prosperity, human development, etc.).
Edit: Japan in particular had a very strong currency during its “lost decades”, in which it had near-zero or subzero interest rates, with either near-zero inflation or deflation.
This is bad comparison. Japan has a very different approach to these type of stuff. Same for the EU actually, but less.
Also GDP Comparisons are nonsense.
If this is not adjusted to inflation it really doesn’t mean much, specially when it comes to Japan.
Very mild inflation and deflation periods throughout the past 30 years means that 100 yen in 1995 and 100 yen today have almost the same purchasing power.
It’s funny to see how many people on Reddit really don’t like America and want to make it seem like everywhere else is doing better than they actually are. It also shows deep lack of understanding probably due to lack of living anywhere else besides America so the grass must be greener on the other side, but it isn’t. I don’t care how you measure the economics, in essentially every metric America is ahead.
What proportion of Japan’s population is above 65 and retired? I’d think it was a lot higher in 2025 than 1995.