Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate in Japan

Japan: Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate was 92.1 cents on the dollar in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
92.1 cents on the dollar
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
1st
of 191 countries
All-time high
92.9 cents on the dollar
in 2014
All-time low
92.1 cents on the dollar
in 2016
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate in Japan, 2003–2019

0204060801002003201120192003: 92.6 cents on the dollar2004: 92.6 cents on the dollar2005: 92.6 cents on the dollar2006: 92.7 cents on the dollar2007: 92.6 cents on the dollar2008: 92.5 cents on the dollar2009: 92.5 cents on the dollar2010: 92.7 cents on the dollar2011: 92.7 cents on the dollar2012: 92.8 cents on the dollar2013: 92.8 cents on the dollar2014: 92.9 cents on the dollar2015: 92.3 cents on the dollar2016: 92.1 cents on the dollar2017: 92.4 cents on the dollar2018: 92.4 cents on the dollar2019: 92.1 cents on the dollar

Source: World Bank. Measured in cents on the dollar.

Analysis

In 2019, resolving insolvency: recovery rate in Japan stood at 92.1 cents on the dollar. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, resolving insolvency: recovery rate in Japan peaked at 92.9 cents on the dollar in 2014 and was at its lowest, 92.1 cents on the dollar, in 2016.

Japan ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate in Japan, year by year

Annual values for Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) in Japan, 2003 to 2019.
Year cents on the dollar Change
2003 92.6 cents on the dollar —
2004 92.6 cents on the dollar +0.0%
2005 92.6 cents on the dollar +0.0%
2006 92.7 cents on the dollar +0.1%
2007 92.6 cents on the dollar -0.1%
2008 92.5 cents on the dollar -0.1%
2009 92.5 cents on the dollar +0.0%
2010 92.7 cents on the dollar +0.2%
2011 92.7 cents on the dollar +0.0%
2012 92.8 cents on the dollar +0.1%
2013 92.8 cents on the dollar +0.0%
2014 92.9 cents on the dollar +0.1%
2015 92.3 cents on the dollar -0.6%
2016 92.1 cents on the dollar -0.2%
2017 92.4 cents on the dollar +0.3%
2018 92.4 cents on the dollar +0.0%
2019 92.1 cents on the dollar -0.3%

Japan compared with similar countries

  • Japan's 92.1 cents on the dollar is above the median for high income countries, which is 55.55 cents on the dollar, 1.7× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Japan's 92.1 cents on the dollar is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 29.3 cents on the dollar, 3.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 92.59 cents on the dollar 92.5 cents on the dollar 92.7 cents on the dollar 7
2010s 92.52 cents on the dollar 92.1 cents on the dollar 92.9 cents on the dollar 10

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 2 Norway 91.9 cents on the dollar compare
  2. 3 Netherlands 90.1 cents on the dollar compare
  3. 4 Slovenia 90 cents on the dollar compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More reference data data for Japan

All data for Japan →

Frequently asked questions

What is resolving insolvency: recovery rate in Japan?
Resolving insolvency: recovery rate in Japan was 92.1 cents on the dollar in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest resolving insolvency: recovery rate recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 92.9 cents on the dollar in 2014.
What is the lowest resolving insolvency: recovery rate recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 92.1 cents on the dollar in 2016.
How does Japan rank for resolving insolvency: recovery rate?
Japan ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is resolving insolvency: recovery rate rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate (cents on the dollar). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate in Japan. Statizoid. Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/resolving-insolvency-recovery-rate-cents-on-the-dollar/japan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/resolving-insolvency-recovery-rate-cents-on-the-dollar/japan/">Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate in Japan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
Unit
cents on the dollar
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through judicial reorganization, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings. The calculation takes into account the outcome: whether the business emerges from the proceedings as a going concern or the assets are sold piecemeal.