Greater Nagoya’s GDP makes up over 1% of the entire world’s GDP and 10% of Japan’s.
It is obvious that the region is the center of manufacturing in Japan as well as the world. This region is the highest concentrations of manufacturer’s factory in site spaces in Japan. Also, the region has led the nation in manufactured products shipped for the the past 30 years.
The population of Greater Nagoya stands at about 11 million and both population growth and personal incomes are above national averages. Nagoya itself is the nation’s forth-largest metropolis, with 2.2 million people, and it continues to expand. Consumers in Nagoya has strong spending power, and the consuming trends these days shows stronger than Tokyo or Osaka area. The trends are represented by many laxuary brands opening its own shops in the center of Nagoya cities.
| Item | Data | Year |
| Population | 11,069,052 (10% of Japan’s total population) | 2006 |
| Surface Area | 21,094km2 | - |
| Households | 4,136,355 | 2006 |
| Income | US$ 311 Billion (10% of Japan’s Total Income) | 2003 |
| Income per capita | US$ 26 thousands (beyond the national average) | 2003 |
| Economic Growth Rate | 2.5％ (beyond the national average, 1.7%.) | 2003 |
| GDP | US$ 459 Billion (domains 1% of the entire world’s GDP and 10% of the national GDP) |
2003 |
| Total Square of Factories | 311ha (Japan’s 13% of the factories concentrates in Greater Nagoya region.) |
2005 |
| Manufactured Products Shipped | US$ 439 Million (Japan’s 17% of the volume. No.1 region for nearly 30 years.) |
2004 |
| Trade (Nagoya Custom） | Export: US$ 135 billion Import: US$ 67 billion (Export in GN is the top of Japan) |
2005 |
| Job-offer to Job-seeker ratio | 1.4 times (over the national average, 0.95 times) | 2005 |
| Unemployment Ratio | 3.2％ (below the national average, 4.4%) | 2005 |
