In 2014, exports from Japan amounted to US$683.4 billion, down 11.2% since 2010. Japan’s top 10 exports accounted for 68.1% of the overall value of its global shipments.
Based on statistics from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook Database, Japan’s total Gross Domestic Product amounted to $4.751 trillion in 2014.
Therefore, exports accounted for about 14.4% of total Japanese economic output.
Given Japan’s population of 126.9 million people, its total $683.4 billion in 2014 exports translates to roughly $5,388 for every resident in that country.
Japan’s unemployment rate was 3.6% in 2014.