Canada: 73 winsJapan: 65 wins
Across 138 shared metrics
Analysis
Canada leads in 73 of 138 shared metrics, while Japan leads in 65.
Canada's Land Area is 23.1x that of Japan (8.79M vs 364.6K).
Canada's GDP Growth Rate is 13.9x that of Japan (1.6% vs 0.1%).
Canada's Forest Area is 12.9x that of Japan (3.47M vs 249.3K).
Canada's Homicide Rate is 7.6x that of Japan (1.98 vs 0.23).
Canada's Coastline Length is 5.8x that of Japan (202.1K vs 29.8K).
Key Comparisons
Land AreaCanada leads
8.79M
364.6K
GDP Growth RateCanada leads
1.6%
0.1%
Forest AreaCanada leads
3.47M
249.3K
Homicide RateCanada leads
1.98
0.23
Coastline LengthCanada leads
202.1K
29.8K
FDI Inflows (% GDP)Canada leads
2.6%
0.4%
All Metrics
| Winner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Area | 8.79M | 364.6K | 2311% higher | Canada |
| GDP Growth Rate | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1391% higher | Canada |
| Forest Area | 3.47M | 249.3K | 1291% higher | Canada |
| Homicide Rate | 1.98 | 0.23 | 764% higher | Canada |
| Coastline Length | 202.1K | 29.8K | 579% higher | Canada |
| FDI Inflows (% GDP) | 2.6% | 0.4% | 515% higher | Canada |
| Obesity Rate | 27.3% | 4.9% | 454% higher | Canada |
| Airports | 1.5K | 280 | 421% higher | Canada |
| Social Time | 6.27 | 1.43 | 339% higher | Canada |
| Homicide Rate | 0.80 | 0.20 | 300% higher | Canada |
| Youth Unemployment Rate | 13.0% | 3.9% | 233% higher | Canada |
| Beer Consumption | 3.42 | 1.07 | 220% higher | Canada |
| Low Adult Literacy | 2.8% | 0.9% | 196% higher | Canada |
| Loneliness | 13.5% | 4.8% | 181% higher | Canada |
| Teen Birth Rate | 4.80 | 1.74 | 177% higher | Canada |
| Renewable Energy (%) | 23.8% | 8.8% | 170% higher | Canada |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.5% | 2.6% | 152% higher | Canada |
| Nuclear Electricity Share | 13.7% | 5.5% | 149% higher | Canada |
| Infant Mortality | 4.40 | 1.80 | 144% higher | Canada |
| Energy Use (Per Capita) | 7.3K | 3.0K | 141% higher | Canada |
| Self-Rated Health | 85.6% | 37.1% | 131% higher | Canada |
| Renewable Energy (%) | 27.2% | 12.7% | 114% higher | Canada |
| Child Mortality | 5.10 | 2.40 | 113% higher | Canada |
| Spirits Consumption | 2.17 | 1.08 | 102% higher | Canada |
| Population Density | 4.56 | 341.545 | 99% lower | Japan |
| Domestic Patents | 4.7K | 222.5K | 98% lower | Japan |
| Women in Parliament (%) | 30.7% | 15.7% | 95% higher | Canada |
| Water Stress (%) | 1.3% | 18.5% | 93% lower | Japan |
| Low Adult Numeracy | 14.9% | 7.8% | 91% higher | Canada |
| Electricity Use (Per Capita) | 14.5K | 7.7K | 89% higher | Canada |
| Merchant Ships | 716 | 5.2K | 86% lower | Japan |
| Road Deaths | 4.83 | 2.62 | 84% higher | Canada |
| Railway Length | 49.4K | 27.3K | 81% higher | Canada |
| Hospital Beds (per 1,000) | 2.60 | 12.7 | 80% lower | Japan |
| Poor Health | 3.2% | 13.5% | 76% lower | Japan |
| Chronic Pain | 35.0% | 20.0% | 75% higher | Canada |
| CO2 Per Capita | 13.42 | 7.77 | 73% higher | Canada |
| Low-Wage Workers | 18.0% | 10.5% | 72% higher | Canada |
| Low Life Satisfaction | 7.1% | 23.3% | 70% lower | Japan |
| Government Debt (% GDP) | 64.9% | 215.9% | 70% lower | Japan |
| Shipping Traffic | 7.01M | 22.52M | 69% lower | Japan |
| Population | 39.19M | 123.20M | 68% lower | Japan |
| Gender Gap in Work | 3.67 | 11 | 67% lower | Japan |
| Youth Unemployment (%) | 9.8% | 6.0% | 63% higher | Canada |
| Highest Elevation | 6.0K | 3.8K | 58% higher | Canada |
| Health Spending Per Capita | 6.1K | 3.9K | 57% higher | Canada |
| Protected Land (%) | 12.9% | 29.5% | 56% lower | Japan |
| Water Withdrawal | 36.128 | 79.7 | 55% lower | Japan |
| Alcohol Consumption | 9.89 | 6.38 | 55% higher | Canada |
| Electricity Capacity | 161.99M | 361.62M | 55% lower | Japan |
| Low Reading Skills | 8.1% | 5.3% | 54% higher | Canada |
| Low Math Skills | 8.1% | 5.3% | 54% higher | Canada |
| Low Science Skills | 8.1% | 5.3% | 54% higher | Canada |
| Foreign Patents | 32.4K | 66.7K | 51% lower | Japan |
| R&D Spending (% GDP) | 1.7% | 3.4% | 50% lower | Japan |
| Agricultural Land (%) | 6.5% | 12.6% | 49% lower | Japan |
| Air Pollution (PM2.5) | 6.57 | 12.835 | 49% lower | Japan |
| GNI Per Capita | 53.4K | 36.0K | 48% higher | Canada |
| Mobile Subscriptions (%) | 94 | 178.432 | 47% lower | Japan |
| Suicide Rate | 9.44 | 17.43 | 46% lower | Japan |
| Education Spending (% GDP) | 4.9% | 3.3% | 46% higher | Canada |
| GDP (Nominal) | 2243.64B | 4027.60B | 44% lower | Japan |
| Military Spend (% GDP) | 2.0% | 1.4% | 43% higher | Canada |
| Job Insecurity | 3.8% | 2.7% | 42% higher | Canada |
| Forest Coverage (%) | 39.5% | 68.4% | 42% lower | Japan |
| Exports (% GDP) | 32.4% | 22.8% | 42% higher | Canada |
| Irrigated Land | 9.0K | 15.7K | 42% lower | Japan |
| Political Voice | 40.3% | 28.6% | 41% higher | Canada |
| Average Earnings | $69.4K | $49.4K | 40% higher | Canada |
| Home Internet Access | 91.2% | 65.1% | 40% higher | Canada |
| Happiness Inequality | 2.38 | 3.89 | 39% lower | Japan |
| Carbon Emissions (Total) | 585.85M | 960.23M | 39% lower | Japan |
| Electricity Generation | 627.18 | 1.0K | 39% lower | Japan |
| Imports (% GDP) | 32.7% | 23.6% | 38% higher | Canada |
| Active Military Personnel | 75.0K | 120.1K | 38% lower | Japan |
| Smoking Rate | 12.0% | 19.2% | 37% lower | Japan |
| Death Rate | 7.75 | 12.04 | 36% lower | Japan |
| Elderly Population (%) | 19.8% | 29.8% | 34% lower | Japan |
| Scientific Publications | 69.1K | 103.7K | 33% lower | Japan |
| Birth Rate | 9.12 | 6.84 | 33% higher | Canada |
| Youth Population (%) | 15.1% | 11.4% | 32% higher | Canada |
| Lack of Support | 9.7% | 13.6% | 29% lower | Japan |
| Voter Turnout | 68.7% | 53.8% | 28% higher | Canada |
| GDP Per Capita (PPP) | 65.5K | 51.7K | 27% higher | Canada |
| Life Satisfaction | 7.40 | 5.89 | 26% higher | Canada |
| Air Passengers | 88.62M | 120.31M | 26% lower | Japan |
| Earnings Inequality | 3.31 | 2.67 | 24% higher | Canada |
| Dependency Ratio | 53.636 | 70.117 | 24% lower | Japan |
| GDP Per Capita | $56.7K | $46.1K | 23% higher | Canada |
| Disposable Income (Per Capita) | $41.6K | $34.1K | 22% higher | Canada |
| Income Gap (Rich vs Poor) | 5.03 | 6.35 | 21% lower | Japan |
| Poverty Rate | 12.2% | 15.4% | 21% lower | Japan |
| Gender Pay Gap (%) | 16.5% | 20.7% | 20% lower | Japan |
| Air Pollution Exposure | 80.8% | 99.3% | 19% lower | Japan |
| Long-Term Unemployment | 0.7% | 0.8% | 18% lower | Japan |
| University Enrollment Rate | 76.3% | 64.9% | 18% higher | Canada |
| Nurses & Midwives | 10.31 | 12.45 | 17% lower | Japan |
| Numeracy Gap | 1.71 | 1.48 | 16% higher | Canada |
| Median Age | 42.8 years | 50.2 years | 15% lower | Japan |
| Literacy Gap | 1.60 | 1.41 | 14% higher | Canada |
| Inflation Rate | 2.4% | 2.7% | 11% lower | Japan |
| Broadband Access (%) | 43 | 39 | 10% higher | Canada |
| Urban Population (%) | 82.7% | 92.2% | 10% lower | Japan |
| Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs) | 21.705 | 19.907 | 9% higher | Canada |
| Internet Users (%) | 94.0% | 87.0% | 8% higher | Canada |
| Employment Rate (%) | 79.2% | 85.1% | 7% lower | Japan |
| Math Skills | 496.95 | 535.58 | 7% lower | Japan |
| Adult Numeracy | 272.211 | 292.282 | 7% lower | Japan |
| Reading Score Gap | 1.76 | 1.64 | 7% higher | Canada |
| Science Score Gap | 1.68 | 1.57 | 7% higher | Canada |
| Science Skills | 515.02 | 546.63 | 6% lower | Japan |
| Adult Literacy | 272.966 | 290.72 | 6% lower | Japan |
| Doctors (per 1,000) | 2.82 | 2.65 | 6% higher | Canada |
| Social Support | 90.0% | 85.9% | 5% higher | Canada |
| Safety at Night | 74.0% | 77.5% | 5% lower | Japan |
| Housing Cost Burden | 19.8% | 19.0% | 4% higher | Canada |
| Leisure Time | 14.57 | 15.217 | 4% lower | Japan |
| Math Score Gap | 1.65 | 1.59 | 4% higher | Canada |
| Inequality (Gini) | 31.1 | 32.3 | 4% lower | Japan |
| Researchers | 5.4K | 5.6K | 4% lower | Japan |
| High-Tech Exports (%) | 16.8% | 17.6% | 4% lower | Japan |
| Job Strain | 30.1% | 31.2% | 3% lower | Japan |
| Life Expectancy | 81.7 years | 84.1 years | 3% lower | Japan |
| Life Expectancy | 81.6 years | 84.0 years | 3% lower | Japan |
| Housing Affordability | 77.3% | 79.1% | 2% lower | Japan |
| Reading Skills | 507.13 | 515.85 | 2% lower | Japan |
| Human Development Index | 0.94 | 0.93 | 2% higher | Canada |
| Safe Drinking Water (%) | 96.9% | 98.7% | 2% lower | Japan |
| Skilled Birth Attendance (%) | 98.0% | 99.8% | 2% lower | Japan |
| Life Expectancy | 82.6 years | 84.7 years | 2% lower | Japan |
| Health Spending (% GDP) | 11.2% | 11.4% | 2% lower | Japan |
| Wealth Concentration | 47.1% | 47.3% | 1% lower | Japan |
| Sanitation Access (%) | 98.6% | 99.9% | 1% lower | Japan |
| Fertility Rate | 1.43 | 1.41 | 1% higher | Canada |
| Extreme Temperature Exposure | 0.0% | 5.7% | ranked lower | Japan |
| Electricity Access (%) | 100.0% | 100.0% | equal | Canada |
| Lowest Elevation | 0 | -4 | ranked higher | Canada |
| Land Boundaries Length | 8.9K | 0 | ranked higher | Canada |

