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Japan: Central government debt

Millions of local currency · 1872–2024 · 139 observations · cgovdebt

2024
1,220 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+0.2%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+2.4%a year

Central government debt

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10M1B100B10T1,000T18801900192019401960198020002020JapanJapan
Local currency

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20241,222,000,000
20231,219,000,000
20221,206,000,000
20211,184,000,000
20201,109,000,000
20191,102,000,000
20181,071,000,000
20171,058,000,000
20161,051,000,000
20151,013,000,000

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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