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Japan: Government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1875–2025 · 150 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef

2025
−6.65 trillionlocal currency

Government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-31,778,132Forecast
2030-28,304,803Forecast
2029-24,485,325Forecast
2028-21,337,637Forecast
2027-7,976,653Forecast
2026-13,134,998Forecast
2025-6,654,029
2024-10,649,000
2023-14,360,899
2022-24,474,799
2021-36,271,401
2020-50,071,503
2019-17,415,101
2018-13,903,000
2017-17,227,499
2016-19,879,501

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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