Kyushu accounts for ‘10% of Japan’s economy’, as it has approximate shares of 10% of Japan’s gross national product (9%), population (11%) and area (11%). Kyushu’s gross product when compared with that of national economies, nearly matches that of sixteenth placed Australia in terms of economic scale.

  Country/Region name Domestic (Regional)GDP (unit:US$100mln.) Population (unit:10,000) Land Area (unit:10,000km.)
1st U.S.A 100,882 28,480 936.4
2st Japan 41,757 12,729 37.8
3st Germany 18,461 8,236 35.7
4st United Kingdom 14,452 5,954 24.3
5st France 14,227 5,919 55.2
6st P. R. of China 11,915 128,497 959.7

13st Republic of Korea 4,222 4,734 9.9
14st The Netherlands 3,801 1,604 4.2
15st Iran 3,769 6,453 164.8
16st Australia 3,576 1,949 774.1
  Kyushu 3,436 1,345 4.2