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Japan: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1875–2025 · 150 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
37.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom 38.4%
Average, 2016–2025
39.3%10 years
Record high and low
44.7% (2020)low 0.715% (1892)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203140.2Forecast
203039.8Forecast
202939.4Forecast
202839.2Forecast
202738.7Forecast
202639.2Forecast
202537.9
202438.4
202338.8
202241.3
202142.4
202044.7
201937.5
201837.0
201737.0
201637.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Japan documentation (PDF)

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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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