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Japan: Central government deficit

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

2024
−19.6 trillionlocal currency

Central government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2024-19,572,681
2023-23,221,539
2022-31,677,310
2021-44,312,729
2020-57,913,990
2019-21,325,073
2018-17,955,890
2017-19,853,596
2016-24,514,855
2015-24,234,369

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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