India vs Japan: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
India
0.117 ratio
in 2024
Japan
0.1239 ratio
in 2022
India rank
96th
Japan rank
93rd
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.1239 ratio against 0.117 ratio in India, a difference of 0.0069 ratio.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Japan ahead.
India ranks 96th and Japan ranks 93rd of 174 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0771 ratio | 0.4007 ratio | 0.3237 ratio | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.0981 ratio | 0.2866 ratio | 0.1885 ratio | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.2178 ratio | 0.1342 ratio | 0.0836 ratio | India |
| 2020s | 0.1167 ratio | 0.0866 ratio | 0.0301 ratio | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons, India or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.1239 ratio against 0.117 ratio in India as of 2022.
- What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between India and Japan?
- 0.0069 ratio, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
- How do India and Japan rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- India ranks 96th and Japan ranks 93rd of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A country with a ratio greater than one indicates a higher number of arrivals for business and professional purposes compared to personal purposes.