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Japan: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gcons_GDP

2025
20.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 20.6%
Average, 2016–2025
20.4%10 years
Record high and low
21.5% (2022)low 10.6% (1969)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202620.1Forecast
202520.2
202420.6
202320.7
202221.5
202121.2
202021.0
201919.9
201819.6
201719.4
201619.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Japan documentation (PDF)

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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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