Japan’s coastline is 11 times as long as Ukraine’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 1,715 m above Ukraine’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

Japan has 3.2 times as many people as Ukraine

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Japan is 5 times as densely populated as Ukraine

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 7 years older than in Ukraine

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Women in Japan have 0.2 more children on average than in Ukraine

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 19% in Ukraine

Japan: 30% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Japan hosts 5.7 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Japan and Ukraine are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 21 times the size of Ukraine’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

Japan produces 2.9 times as much per person as Ukraine

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Japan than in Ukraine (Gini 6.7 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Japan 1.4%

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Japan: no data · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Ukraine’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Japan spends 9.8 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

A baby in Ukraine is 4.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Ukraine has 33% more doctors per person than Japan

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Japan has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Ukraine

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 31% higher than in Japan

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

People in Japan rate their lives 1.47 points higher than in Ukraine

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Adults in Japan drink 61% more alcohol than in Ukraine

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Japan has 21% more meat per person than Ukraine

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Ukraine has 116 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ukraine put in 391 more hours a year than in Japan

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Adults in Japan went to school 1.6 years longer than in Ukraine

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Japan welcomed 4.5 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

Japan has 19 more World Heritage sites than Ukraine (27 against 8)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Ukraine 160

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

86% of people in Japan are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Japan: 86% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 81% faster than in Ukraine

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Japan and Ukraine are practically level

Japan: 100% (2024) · Ukraine: 100% (2024)

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 70% in Ukraine

Japan: 92% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133

Japan: 178 (2023) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Ukraine’s railway network is 8% longer than Japan’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Airlines from Japan fly 84 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 17% of Ukraine

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ukraine

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

24% of Japan’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

The air in Ukraine carries 35% more fine dust than in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Ukraine are 4.9 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Ukraine

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.9 times as much rain as Ukraine

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)