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Japan: General government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1875–2024 · 147 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef

2024
−14.3 trillionlocal currency

General government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-30,434,417Forecast
2030-27,107,958Forecast
2029-23,449,981Forecast
2028-20,435,393Forecast
2027-15,972,640Forecast
2026-11,667,578Forecast
2025-14,169,382Forecast
2024-14,283,841
2023-22,742,646
2022-23,483,601
2021-34,027,499
2020-48,937,398
2019-16,986,201
2018-13,756,499
2017-17,138,401
2016-19,594,901
2015-19,788,000

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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