Current State of Hokkaido Size The size of Hokkaido is 83,424 km2, 22% of Japan’s total land area. 2 Japan 377,975km 2 Hokkaido 83,424km .. （include in the northern territories.） Hokkaido 83,424km2 Ratio 22.1% Kanto Koshinetsu 63,045km2 Kyusyu and Chugoku 74,153km2 . Austria 83,878km2 Korea 100,339km2 Kanto Koshinetsu 63,045km2 Kyusyu and Kyusyu and Chugoku Okinawa Hokkaido 74,153km2 12% 22% Shikoku Note: 5% ・ Chugoku The area of Hokkaido include the northern territories (Habomai Islands, Shikotan Island, Kunashiri Island, Etorofu 8% Island), but exclude Boundary undecided. Kinki ・The map doesn’t exactly show the whole territory due to 7% Tohoku limitation of space. 18% Source: Chubu ・ Statistics Bureau,Ministry of Internal Affairs and 8% Communications [The World Statistics 2020] Hokuriku Kanto ・Geographical Information Authority of Japan 7% 13% [Statistical reports on the land area by prefectures and municipalities in Japan 2019] Population The population of Hokkaido is 5.38million in 2015 and the population density is 68.6 people per km2, which is only 1/5 as high as national average. Compared with the other regions in Japan, local communities have been sparsely distributed in Hokkaido. Population Japan 127.11 million Regional population density 6,168.1 Hokkaido 5.38 million 16,,620000 Ratio 4.2% 16,,400000 1,200 1,000 910.2 Population Density 757.9 800 National average 2 National Average 340.8 per km 600 340.8 512.3 2 324.7 Hokkaido 68.6 per km 400 210.8 233.1 204.6 134.2 200 68.6 0 ： Hokkaido Tohoku Kanto Hokuriku Chubu Kinki Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu Tokyo Note For calculation, the areas of the northern territories are （person/㎢） and excluded. Okinawa Source：・ Statistics Bureau,Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications [2015 Population Census of Japan] 1 Circumstance in a wide-area distributed society The average distance between cities (Population sizes of the nearest city) 19 2times N全ati国onal average 2万≧人2以0,0上00 38 【Scale of Hokkaido】 H北okk海aid道o 22 2.9times The distance between 4万≧人4以0,0上00 63 cities is more than 2 times as far as the national 32 average. 10万≧人10以0,0上00 68 2.1times 2.4times 59 30万≧人30以0,0上00 139 Wakkanai （km） - 40 80 120 160 Note: Remote islands are excluded for calculation. Abashiri Source： National Integrated Transport Analysis System Rumoi Asahikawa Iwamizawa Obihiro Nemuro Kucchan Average time needed to travel to Sapporo Kushiro Emergency Medical Care Centers Muroran Urakawa In Hokkaido, it takes 66min to Esashi Hakodate transport patients to National Average 全国 35min emergency medical care (exp.Hokkaido) centers, which is 1.9 times longer than the national average. Hokk北ai海do道 66min 0 20 40 60 80 （分） Source ：National Integrated Transport Analysis System Climate The annual mean temperature in Sapporo is 8.9℃. The lowest monthly mean temperature is -3.6℃ in January Sapporo is one of metropolitan cities which are famous for snow and cold temperature in the world. （The Lowest Temperature：℃） 10 London Tokyo 5 Paris Shanghai New York Copenhagen Washington （Average Berlin Temperature：℃） 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Stockholm Sapporo Beijing Oslo -5 Helsinki Moscow -10 Montreal -15 Source : National Astronomical Observatory of Japan [Chronological Scientific Tables (2020)] 2 Economy Regional GDP in Hokkaido is 18.2 trillion yen. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector constitutes 3.3% of GDP in Hokkaido, which is higher than that of National and GDP, while the proportion of Manufacturing sector of Hokkaido is about as half Industry portion as that of National GDP. Gross Domestic Production in Hokkaido and Japan Agriculture, forestry Agriculture, forestry and and fisheries, 3.3% fisheries, 0.8% Others Others Manufacturing 12.0% 13.5% 10.5% Manufacturing, 21.2% Construction 7.3% Hokkaido Japan Services Construction FY2016 25.2% FY2016 5.5% Wholesale and 533.2 trillion yen Services 29.2% 18.2 trillion yen retail trade 13.2% Wholesale and Information and retail trade communications 12.9% Real estate Information and Real estate 11.8% 5.0% communications 12.4% 3.9% Transport 6.9% Transport, 4.7%, Source：・Cabinet Office [2016 Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts] Public grosss expenditure rate of Hokkaido reaches 35.5%, which is higher than that of National Average. The proportion of public spending, to the regional gross domestic expenditure(FY2016) （％） 40 35 8.0 30 10.0 6.8 6.3 25 5.0 4.4 20 3.5 3.0 3.5 15 27.5 26.0 25.6 25.7 22.2 10 18.4 19.5 17.4 15.5 5 0 Hokkaido Tohoku Kanto Chubu Kinki Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu Whole Country Government final consumption expendure Government fixed capital formation Source：Cabinet Office [2016 Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts] 3 Employment 1. Unemployment Rates Trend of the unemployment rates in Hokkaido continue to exceed that of the whole country, and the employment situation remains severe. （％） 5 Whole Country Hokkaido 3.9 4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.1 3 3.4 3.4 2.9 2.8 3 3 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.1 3 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2 2.1 2.2 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 （Year, month） Note：original numerical value Source： Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Statistics Bureau [Labor Force Survey] 2. Effective ratio of job offers to applicants Compared with the whole country, effective ratio of job offers to applicants in Hokkaido remains low. （ ） times 1.63 1.7 1.62 1.62 1.57 1.59 1.61 1.62 1.59 1.6 1.52 1.49 1.57 1.44 1.5 1.37 1.41 1.36 1.4 1.29 1.26 1.3 1.22 1.18 1.27 1.15 1.2 1.24 1.1 1.2 1.17 1.18 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.15 1.12 1.0 1.09 1.1 1.03 1.05 1.04 0.9 1.02 0.95 0.98 0.97 0.8 0.92 0.7 Whole Country 0.6 Hokkaido 0.5 0.4 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 1～3 4～6 7～9 10～12 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Note： Seasonally adjusted figure Source： Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare [General Employment Placement Situation] （Year, Month） 4 Agriculture Hokkaido has very large farming area (about one-fourth of that of Japan). The agricultural output in 2018 was 1.259 billion yen, which accounted for about 14% of Japan. Current State of Hokkaido Agriculture Whole Nationwide Investigation Articles Unit Hokkaido country ratio year 1,000 The total number of farm households 44 2,155 2.1% 2015 households 1,000 The number of commercial farm households 35 1,130 3.1% 2019 households Include the number of full-time farm 1,000 25 236 10.6% 2019 households households Commercial farmers 1,000 people 88 1,681 5.2% 2019 (commercial farm households) Cultivated land area 1,000 ha 1,144 4,397 26.0% 2019 Cultivated acreage under management area per one management body ha 28.5 3.0 9.5times 2019 (commercial farm households) The number of animal feeding Dairy cattle 1,000 cattle 801 1,332 60.1% 2019 Beef cattle 1,000 cattle 513 2,503 20.5% 2019 Number of dairy cattle per household cattle 134.2 58.5 2.3times 2019 Agricultural output Billion yen 12,593 91,283 13.8% 2018 Note：Cultivated acreage under management area per one management body and the number of dairy cattle per household area value except Hokkaido. Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [Census of Agriculture and Forestry 2015], [2019 Cultivated Land Area and Planted Area Statistics], [2019 Live Stock Statistics], [2018 Production Agriculture Income Statistics] Hokkaido contributes as the largest food supply, and has a large share of production of potatoes, onions, wheat, soybeans, red beans, beets and so on. Agricultural and livestock products which Hokkaido products the largest volume in Japan 100% 80% 60% 100 93 40% 77 62 62 54 20% 39 39 41 38 29 19 0% Hokkaido Exclude Hokkaido Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [2018 Vegetable Production Shipment Statistics], [2018 Crop Statistics], [2018 Milk Dairy-Products Statistics], [2018 Livestock Product Circulation Statistics] 5 The rate of food self-sufficiency in Hokkaido reached about 200% in FY2017. Hokkaido plays an important role for securing of stable supply of food in Japan. Ranking of the Rate of Food Self-Sufficiency in Japan (FY2017) Domestic share of Calorie-based （％） Food Self-Sufficiency 250 206 Hokkaido, 200 188 23.0% 150 137 117 Calories produced by each 103 101 93 Others, Niigata, 82 57.0% prefecture 4.9% 100 76 75 (FY2017) Ibaraki, 4.4% 50 38 Akita, 4.0% Chiba, 0 3.4% Miyagi, 3.4% Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [Food Self-Sufficiency rate] Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [Food Self- Communications Sufficiency rate] [Estimate of the Population] Fisheries Hokkaido has a large share of the Quantity of catches of marine fisheries and the aquaculture, which are larger than any other prefecture.