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Japan: Government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
36.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 36.7%
Average, 2016–2025
35.6%10 years
Record high and low
37.1% (2022)low 0.75% (1885)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.2Forecast
203037.2Forecast
202937.3Forecast
202837.4Forecast
202737.6Forecast
202637.2Forecast
202536.9
202436.7
202336.5
202237.1
202136.1
202035.6
201934.5
201834.6
201734.0
201634.0

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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