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Japan: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1875–2024 · 149 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govrev_GDP

2024
37.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.2 pointsfrom 37.9%
Average, 2015–2024
36.3%10 years
Record high and low
38.6% (2022)low 0.756% (1885)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.6Forecast
203037.6Forecast
202937.7Forecast
202837.8Forecast
202738.0Forecast
202638.1Forecast
202538.0Forecast
202437.7
202337.9
202238.6
202137.5
202036.6
201935.4
201835.4
201734.7
201634.7
201534.7

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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