Podcast: Korea vs. Japan On Per Capita GDP

Economic and Political Factors in How Korea Surpassed Japan

Feb 1, 2022

Tokyo-based French journalist Régis Arnaud and I had a conversation on the economic and political factors that enabled Korea to surpass Japan in real per capita GDP.

The conversation was based on my posting of two days ago at

Japan Economy Watch

Korea Has Surpassed Japan in Per Capita GDP

It was headline news when the Japan Center for Economic Research predicted that Korea would surpass Japan in nominal GDP per capita in 2027 and Taiwan would do so in 2027. However, according to the World Bank, in real terms, Korea already surpassed Japan in 2018…

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