Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Japan instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Health
live 3.1 years longer
In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Japan, that number is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 56.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Japan, that number is 2.6% as of 2023.
pay a 69.5% higher top tax rate
Puerto Rico has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Japan, the top tax rate is 56.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 88.2% less likely to die during childbirth
In Puerto Rico, approximately 34.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Japan, 4.0 women do as of 2020.
be 68.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Japan, on the other hand, 1.9 children do as of 2022.
have 11.5% fewer children
In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Japan, there are 6.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Geography
see 59.4 times more coastline
Puerto Rico has a total of 501 km of coastline. In Japan, that number is 29,751 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Puerto Rican Department of Treasury, National Tax Agency Japan.
Japan: At a glance
How big is Japan compared to Puerto Rico? See an in-depth size comparison.