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Japan: Government expenditure

Millions of local currency · 1875–2024 · 149 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp

2024
244 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
−1.5%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+1.8%a year

Government expenditure

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031312,600,000Forecast
2030302,100,000Forecast
2029291,100,000Forecast
2028281,600,000Forecast
2027271,200,000Forecast
2026260,800,000Forecast
2025256,100,000Forecast
2024243,600,000
2023247,400,000
2022240,200,000
2021241,200,000
2020246,300,000
2019214,300,000
2018210,700,000
2017209,100,000
2016208,700,000
2015206,600,000

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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