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Japan: Central government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1885–2024 · 139 observations · cgovdef

2024
−18.7 trillionlocal currency

Central government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2024-18,746,608
2023-22,352,034
2022-30,423,579
2021-42,735,273
2020-56,406,177
2019-20,805,701
2018-17,560,799
2017-19,430,401
2016-24,003,101
2015-23,756,000

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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