Growth Matrix

ECONOMY JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Real GDP growth 1.7 5.7 1.5

(%) in 2021 -135.87 % -159.92 % -124.76 %

GDP 4,932.56 394.09 505.90

(billion US dollars) in 2021 -1.97 % 8.94 % 1.23 %

GDP based on PPP 5,606.55 1,012.71 1,343.29

(billion international dollars) in 5.88 % 10.10 % 5.75 %
2021
GDP per capita 39,301 3,576 7,232
(US dollars) in 2021 -1.70 % 7.52 % 1.01 %

GDP per capita based on 44,671 9,190 19,203

PPP 6.17 % 8.67 % 5.52 %
(international dollars) in 2021
Inflation rate -0.2 3.9 1.2
(%) in 2021 803.85 % 64.10 % -245.34 %

Unemployment rate 2.8 7.8 1.5

(%) in 2021 1.22 % -25.40 % -25.00 %

Current account balance 142.2 -6.9 -11.0

(billion US dollars) in 2021 -3.23 % -159.79 % -152.03 %

Current account balance 2.9 -1.8 -2.2

as a share of GDP -1.27 % -154.86 % -151.39 %
(%) in 2021
Government gross debt 262.5 57.0 58.4
as a share of GDP 1.18 % 10.29 % 17.99 %
(%) in 2021
Poverty rate 0.7 10.4 0.0
(%) in 2013 -2.91 % -17.82 %

International reserves 1,405,748,991,419 108,754,857,244 246,025,242,649

(US dollars) in 2021 1.07 % -1.12 % -4.68 %

ENERGY JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Primary energy 2.56 0.61 2.42
production 12.16 % 1.40 % -0.74 %
(quadrillion Btu) in 2021
Primary energy 18.13 1.61 5.24
consumption 2.31 % -9.06 % 4.42 %
(quadrillion Btu) in 2021
Energy intensity 3 3 5
(MJ per dollar of GDP) in -3.48 % -4.63 % 0.44 %
2019
Energy imports 93.0 45.8 41.6
(%) in 2015 -1.02 % 0.98 % -2.13 %

Alternative and nuclear 3.1 2.9 1.1

energy use 39.16 % -6.16 % 23.13 %
(%) in 2015
Fossil fuel energy 93.0 62.4 79.8
consumption -1.46 % 1.67 % -1.03 %
(%) in 2015

Diesel price 0.88 0.58 0.68

(US dollars per liter) in 2016 -20.00 % -29.27 % -24.44 %

Gasoline price 1.06 0.86 0.71

(US dollars per liter) in 2016 -23.19 % -18.10 % -44.96 %

TRANSPORTATION JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Air transport freight 7,841.5 360.7 684.2

(million ton-km) in 2020 -12.09 % -61.09 % -70.61 %

Number of air passengers 51,131,122.0 11,178,423.1 28,179,302.7

carried -60.74 % -76.60 % -63.09 %
(number) in 2020
Volume of goods transported 20,117.0 0.8 2,562.0
by railways 3.86 % 9.93 % -5.15 %
(million ton-km) in 2019
Number of passengers 437,363.0 384.0 6,020.0
carried by railways 1.29 % 12.28 % -2.60 %
(million passenger-km) in 2017
Length of rail lines 19,122.5 509.0 4,092.0
(km) in 2018 -0.66 % 0.00 % 9.35 %

Road density 89.7 67.3 35.1

(km per 100 sq.km) in 2011 0.73 % -0.01 %

TELECOMMUNICATION JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Share of the Internet users 91.3 43.0 66.7

(%) in 2018 7.92 % 19.44 % 17.43 %

Share of households with 95.7 74.6

Internet 17.7
-2.84 % 10.19 %
(%) in 2018
Number of mobile cellular 160.9 143.4 168.8
subscriptions 4.32 % 5.08 % 1.30 %
(per 100 inhabitants) in 2021

NATIONAL DEFENSE JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Military expenditure 54,124 4,091 6,605

(million US dollars) in 2021 4.14 % 9.59 % -9.14 %

Military expenditure as a 1.07 1.04 1.32

share of GDP 4.23 % 2.51 % -9.67 %
(%) in 2021
Arms exports 3,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000
(US dollars) in 2018 50.00 % 300.00 % 0.00 %

Arms imports 724,000,000 349,000,000 132,000,000

(US dollars) in 2020 -19.47 % 84.66 % -55.25 %

FOREIGN TRADE
 JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Exports 919,158,028,081 108,754,857,244 296,002,115,872

(US dollars) in 2021 15.72 % 75,821,239,077.98 % 14.44 %

Goods exports 749,129,082,427 54,226,755,010 270,564,324,097

(US dollars) in 2021 18.82 % 12.48 % 19.20 %

Service exports 170,028,945,654 33,563,311,429 25,437,791,775

(US dollars) in 2021 3.81 % 5.47 % -19.66 %

Merchandise exports 641,319 63,767 231,468

(million US dollars) in 2020 0.92 % -29.66 % 11.82 %

Food exports 1.2 8.9 13.6

(%) in 2021 3.35 % -4.33 % -5.65 %

Fuel exports 1.4 1.2 3.6

(%) in 2021 13.60 % 8.42 % 35.13 %

High-technology exports 116,513,861,428 38,194,373,381 45,837,990,484

(US dollars) in 2021 13.39 % 9.45 % 14.19 %

High-technology exports 18.0 64.2 27.7

as a share of exports -3.36 % 1.86 % 17.54 %
(%) in 2021
Imports 941,671,485,798 126,508,437,009 295,779,903,355
(US dollars) in 2021 17.43 % 26.58 % 26.95 %

Goods imports 733,251,195,767 107,033,148,685 230,679,401,259

(US dollars) in 2021 21.43 % 30.55 % 23.94 %

Service imports 208,420,290,031 19,475,288,324 65,100,502,096

(US dollars) in 2021 5.24 % 8.46 % 38.95 %

Merchandise imports 635,460 90,654 206,992

(million US dollars) in 2020 -11.86 % -22.77 % -12.39 %

Food imports 9.5 13.2 6.7

(%) in 2021 -10.17 % -4.48 % -11.43 %

Fuel imports 20.0 12.4 15.5

(%) in 2021 20.69 % 42.82 % 12.12 %

TOURISM JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Number of arrivals 4,115,800 1,483,000 39,916,000

(number) in 2020 -87.09 % -82.05 % 4.55 %

Number of departures 3,174,000 1,483,000 10,446,000

(number) in 2020 -84.19 % -74.00 % 4.82 %

Tourism expenditures 6,741,000,000 4,872,000,000 3,681,000,000

(US dollars) in 2020 -76.87 % -62.31 % -75.41 %

Tourism expenditures as 0.84 4.87 1.58

a share of imports -73.66 % -50.59 % -71.20 %
(%) in 2020
Expenditures for
passenger transport 1,293,000,000 304,000,000 816,000,000
items -83.57 % -65.77 % -68.78 %
(US dollars) in 2020
Expenditures for travel
items 5,448,000,000 4,568,000,000 2,865,000,000
(US dollars) in 2020 -74.39 % -62.05 % -76.81 %

Tourism receipts 11,395,000,000 2,769,000,000 15,360,000,000

(US dollars) in 2020 -76.84 % -75.83 % -76.14 %

Tourism receipts as a 1.4 3.5 5.9

share of exports -73.63 % -71.39 % -70.12 %
(%) in 2020
Receipts for passenger 798,000,000 759,000,000 1,162,000,000
transport items -74.71 % -54.66 % -74.52 %
(US dollars) in 2020
Receipts for travel items 10,597,000,000 2,010,000,000 14,198,000,000
(US dollars) in 2020 -76.99 % -79.45 % -76.26 %

ENVIRONMENT JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

CO2 emissions 1,084.7 148.0 269.6

(million tonnes) in 2021 2.82 % 6.68 % 1.40 %

CO2 emissions per capita 8.60 1.33 3.88

(tons of CO2 per capita) in 2021 3.14 % 5.14 % 1.27 %

CO2 emissions intensity 0.21 0.16 0.22

(tonnes per 1000 dollar GDP) in 1.18 % 0.92 % -0.17 %
2021
Quantity of municipal waste 43,170.00 21,663.00
collected no data
-1.84 % 3.76 %
(thousand tonnes) in 2016

WORLD RANKINGS JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Human development index 0.92 0.71 0.80

(score) in 2020 -0.11 % -1.11 % -0.25 %

Ease of doing business 78.00 62.83 80.09

index -0.05 % 3.21 % 0.72 %
(score) in 2020
Global competitiveness 82.27 61.87 68.11
index -0.24 % -0.41 % 0.86 %
(score) in 2019
Corruption perceptions 73.00 33.00 36.00
index 0.00 % 0.00 % 2.86 %
(score) in 2022
Index of economic freedom 69.90 61.10 63.20
(score) in 2022 -5.67 % -4.68 % -9.33 %

Press freedom index -1.00 64.50 61.50

(score) in 2012 -140.00 % 7.50 % 8.22 %

Political rights index 40 25 5

(score) in 2022 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %

Civil liberties index 56 30 24

(score) in 2022 0.00 % -3.23 % -4.00 %

Property rights index 7.68 4.49 4.74

(score) in 2022 -2.78 % -10.20 % -12.22 %
Prosperity index 77.72 56.75 60.51
(score) in 2021 0.11 % -0.62 % -0.57 %

Happiness 6.04 5.90 5.89

(score) in 2021 1.66 % 0.40 % -1.57 %

DEMOGRAPHICS JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Population 124,964,832 115,559,009 71,697,030

(persons) in 2022 -0.57 % 1.47 % 0.13 %

Population growth rate -0.5 1.5 0.2

(%) in 2021 56.34 % 11.08 % -29.91 %

Population density 346.4 367.5 136.6

(people per sq. km) in 2020 -0.29 % 1.35 % 0.25 %

Urban population 92.0 48.0 52.9

(%) in 2022 0.10 % 0.61 % 1.39 %

Birth rate 6.6 21.6 8.8

(per 1,000 people) in 2022 0.08 % -0.89 % -2.14 %

Death rate 12.7 5.6 7.5

(per 1,000 people) in 2022 0.12 % -23.84 % -5.49 %

Fertility rate 1.3 2.7 1.3

(births per woman) in 2022 0.57 % -0.82 % -0.98 %

Population aged 0-14 years 11.8 30.6 15.8

(%) in 2021 -5.42 % 1.98 % -4.54 %

Population aged 15-64 years 58.5 64.2 69.3

(%) in 2022 0.02 % 0.30 % -0.60 %

Population aged 65 years 29.9 5.4 15.2

and above 0.46 % 2.08 % 4.83 %
(%) in 2022
Female population 51.4 49.2 51.5
(%) in 2022 0.01 % -0.02 % 0.09 %

Employment to population 60.2 54.7 65.8

ratio -0.17 % 2.42 % -0.79 %
(%) in 2021

LAND USE JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Land area 364,500 298,170 510,890

(sq. km) in 2020 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %

Agricultural land area 43,720 126,750 230,100

(sq. km) in 2020 -0.57 % 0.25 % 0.44 %

Agricultural land as a 12.0 42.5 45.0

share of land area -0.57 % 0.25 % 0.44 %
(%) in 2020
Forest area as a share of 68.4 24.1 38.9
land area 0.00 % 0.49 % -0.18 %
(%) in 2020
 AGRICULTURE JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND
Agriculture value added 17,763 3,531 3,217
per worker 3.95 % 4.42 % 2.23 %
(US dollars) in 2019
Food production index 99.2 100.7 94.3
(index) in 2020 -1.16 % -0.58 % -5.78 %

Livestock production index 104.0 94.2 100.1

(index) in 2020 1.49 % -5.86 % -0.57 %

Crop production index 92.9 102.8 94.7

(index) in 2020 -4.88 % 1.21 % -6.47 %

Cereal production 10,922,778 27,413,963 35,507,800

(metric tons) in 2020 -7.67 % 2.31 % 5.65 %

Cereal yield 6,050 3,769 3,016

(kg per hectare) in 2020 -7.48 % 0.84 % -0.20 %

Land under cereal 1,805,322 7,272,793 11,774,365

production -0.20 % 1.46 % 5.86 %
(hectares) in 2020
Number of tractors 4,382 128 454
(units per 100 sq. km) in 2005 -0.78 % 4.40 % 27.62 %

Fertilizer consumption 238.2 209.2 143.2

(kilograms per hectare) in 2020 0.49 % 7.00 % 19.18 %

HEALTH JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Neonatal mortality rate 0.8 12.6 4.9
(deaths per 1,000 live births) -11.11 % -2.33 % -3.92 %
in 2020
Infant mortality rate 1.8 20.9 7.4
(deaths per 1,000 live births) 0.00 % -2.79 % -3.90 %
in 2020
Child mortality rate 2.5 26.4 8.7
(deaths per 1,000 live births) 0.00 % -2.58 % -3.33 %
in 2020
Maternal mortality ratio 5.0 121.0 37.0
(deaths per 100,000 live 0.00 % -2.42 % 0.00 %
births) in 2017
Life expectancy 84.6 71.4 77.3
(years) in 2020 0.31 % 0.18 % 0.25 %

Health expenditure as a 10.7 4.1 3.8

share of GDP -0.04 % 3.11 % -0.77 %
(%) in 2019
Health expenditure per 4,360 142 296
capita 2.45 % 10.50 % 6.29 %
(US dollars) in 2019
HIV prevalence no data
0.2 1.0
(%) in 2021 0.00 % -9.09 %

Incidence of tuberculosis 11.0 650.0 143.0

(cases per 100,000 people) in -8.33 % 20.59 % -4.67 %
2021
Female obesity 3.7 7.5 12.7
prevalence
(%) in 2016 2.78 % 4.17 % 4.96 %

Male obesity prevalence 4.8 5.2 7.0

(%) in 2016 4.35 % 4.00 % 7.69 %

EDUCATION JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Education expenditure 3.08 3.88 2.97

(%) in 2018 -1.69 % 19.96 % -2.87 %

Primary enrollment 99.95 96.75 90.81

(%) in 2014 0.00 % 6.02 % -1.71 %

Duration of primary 6.0 6.0 6.0

education 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %
(years) in 2019
Duration of secondary 6.0 6.0 6.0
education 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %
(years) in 2019
Pupil-teacher ratio in 16.4 31.4 16.9
primary education -1.70 % -0.27 % 9.68 %
(students per teacher) in 2014
Pupil-teacher ratio in 11.7 27.0 28.2
secondary education -1.00 % -22.47 % -4.68 %
(students per teacher) in 2012
Adult literacy rate no data
96.28 94.10
(%) in 2019 -1.94 % 0.35 %

Youth literacy rate no data

98.11 98.14
(%) in 2013 0.37 % -0.01 %

CRIME STATISTICS JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Homicide rate 0.3 4.4 2.6
(cases per 100,000 population) -0.01 % -16.84 % -20.11 %
in 2020
Number of homicides 0 4 3
(number) in 2020 -99.92 % -99.91 % -99.86 %

Number of homicides by 4 1,218 1,397

firearm -63.64 % -28.40 % -14.92 %
(number) in 2014
Homicides by firearm rate 1.1 2.0
(cases per 100,000 population) 0.0
-29.37 % -16.67 %
in 2014
Assault rate 19.1 13.3
(cases per 100,000 population) no data
-3.10 % 297.67 %
in 2016
Kidnapping rate 0.2 0.0 0.0
(cases per 100,000 population) 18.67 % 150.00 % -99.72 %
in 2016
Robbery rate 1.8 15.3 1.5
(cases per 100,000 population) -3.71 % -25.34 % -29.42 %
in 2016
Rape rate 1.0 10.0 2.1
(cases per 100,000 population) -10.81 % 9.90 % -11.11 %
in 2014
Burglary rate 34.9 4.5
no data
(cases per 100,000 population) -23.49 % -28.35 %
in 2020
Private car theft rate 11.2 4.6 1.6
(cases per 100,000 population) -22.43 % -25.02 % -18.99 %
in 2020

POVERTY JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Poverty rate at $1.9 a day 0.70 3.00 0.00

(%) in 2013 -53.85 % -100.00 %

Poverty rate at $3.2 a day 0.90 18.30 0.70

(%) in 2013 350.00 % -32.47 % 16.67 %

Poverty rate at national 16.7 6.8

poverty line no data
-28.94 % 9.68 %
(%) in 2018
Rural poverty rate no data no data
13.9
(%) in 2013 -13.13 %

Urban poverty rate no data

13.0 7.7
(%) in 2012 3.17 % -12.50 %

GINI index 29.90 47.90 43.70

(%) in 2018 -2.92 % 14.87 %

Income share held by 2.90 2.50 3.20

lowest 10% -12.12 % 8.70 % -3.03 %
(%) in 2013
Income share held by 26.40 33.50 27.00
highest 10% 2.72 % -4.01 % -0.74 %
(%) in 2013

FOOD SECURITY JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Prevalence of 3.2 5.2 8.8
undernourishment 14.29 % -5.45 % 10.00 %
(%) in 2021
Food deficit 93 53
(Kcal per person per day) in no data
-3.13 % -7.02 %
2016
Dietary energy supply 109 127 116
adequacy -0.91 % 1.60 % 0.87 %
(%) in 2021

WATER JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND

Precipitation 1,668 2,348 1,622

(mm) in 2019 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %

Precipitation volume 630.3 704.4 832.3

(billion cubic meters) in 2019 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %

Rainfall index 1,578.0 2,640.0 1,724.0

(mm) in 2019 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %

Volume of groundwater 27.0 180.0 41.9

produced
(billion cubic meters) in 2019 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %

Volume of surface water 420.0 444.0 213.3

produced 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %
(billion cubic meters) in 2019
Internal renewable water 3,389.6 4,430.4 3,224.5
resources per capita 0.27 % -1.36 % -0.28 %
(cubic meters) in 2019
Renewable water 3,389.6 4,430.4 6,299.6
resources per capita 0.27 % -1.36 % -0.28 %
(cubic meters) in 2019
Dependency ratio 0.0 0.0 48.8
(%) in 2019 0.00 %

Freshwater withdrawals 79.3 93.7 57.3

(billion cubic meters) in 2018 0.00 % 1.06 % 0.00 %

Water productivity 57.8 4.0 7.9

(US dollars per cubic meter) in 0.58 % 5.22 % 4.22 %
2018

RESEARCH AND
JAPAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND
DEVELOPMENT
R&D expenditure 3.3 0.3 1.1
(%) in 2020 2.01 % 105.46 % 2.56 %

Number of researchers in 5,454.7 173.6 1,790.1

R&D 1.49 % 64.31 % 1.82 %
(per million people) in 2020
Number of technicians in 524.3 17.5 296.9
R&D 0.70 % -37.28 % -7.14 %
(per million people) in 2018
Number of scientific journal 98,793 2,237 12,514
articles -2.27 % 20.59 % 12.22 %
(number) in 2018
Number of patent 227,348 476 863
applications -7.35 % -4.99 % -0.23 %
(number) in 2020