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Japan: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1875–2024 · 149 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
214.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−5.8 pointsfrom 220.3%
Average, 2015–2024
213.0%10 years
Record high and low
228.8% (2020)low 7.64% (1964)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031192.8Forecast
2030193.9Forecast
2029195.7Forecast
2028197.7Forecast
2027200.1Forecast
2026204.4Forecast
2025206.5Forecast
2024214.5
2023220.3
2022227.8
2021222.7
2020228.8
2019206.3
2018203.7
2017203.1
2016202.1
2015200.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1875–2015
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1875–2020
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1875–2023
  • IMF Global Debt Database1955–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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