Japan vs Latvia: Prosperity gap

Japan

1.2

in 2020

Latvia

1.29

in 2023

Japan rank

92nd

Latvia rank

91st

Prosperity gap over time

Latvia currently reports 1.29 against 1.2 in Japan, a difference of 0.0892.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 92nd and Latvia ranks 91st of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.