Japan: General government debt
Millions of local currency · 1875–2024 · 149 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt
- 2024
- 1,300 trillionlocal currency
- Change on 2023
- −0.2%year on year
- Average growth, 2014–2024
- +2.1%a year
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Millions of local currency
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 1,453,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 1,422,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 1,395,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 1,372,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 1,351,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 1,335,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 1,314,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2024 | 1,304,000,000 | |
| 2023 | 1,306,000,000 | |
| 2022 | 1,280,000,000 | |
| 2021 | 1,232,000,000 | |
| 2020 | 1,235,000,000 | |
| 2019 | 1,151,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 1,134,000,000 | |
| 2017 | 1,123,000,000 | |
| 2016 | 1,100,000,000 | |
| 2015 | 1,077,000,000 |
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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