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Japan: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2024 · 139 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
200.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.7 pointsfrom 205.7%
Average, 2015–2024
200.4%10 years
Record high and low
214.8% (2022)low 3.91% (1964)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024200.9
2023205.7
2022214.8
2021214.1
2020205.6
2019197.5
2018192.4
2017191.3
2016193.1
2015188.2

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1872–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1969–2024
  • WDI (archive)1990–1993

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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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