Japan vs Spain: Prosperity gap

Japan

1.2

in 2020

Spain

1.29

in 2023

Japan rank

92nd

Spain rank

89th

Prosperity gap over time

Spain currently reports 1.29 against 1.2 in Japan, a difference of 0.0935.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 92nd and Spain ranks 89th 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.