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Japan: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1875–2024 · 149 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2024
15.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.3 pointsfrom 15.5%
Average, 2015–2024
14.2%10 years
Record high and low
28.2% (1944)low 7.07% (1894)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202415.7
202315.5
202215.9
202115.0
202014.0
201913.2
201813.5
201713.2
201612.7
201513.1

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1875–2019
  • Andersson1875–2024
  • Asian Historical Statistics1885–1929
  • Mitchell1885–2010
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024
  • World Development Indicators1991–1993

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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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