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Japan: Household consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2027 · hcons_GDP

2025
52.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 53.0%
Average, 2016–2025
53.4%10 years
Record high and low
58.8% (1953)low 45.3% (1970)

Household consumption (% of GDP)

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44%46%48%50%52%54%56%58%60%19501960197019801990200020102020JapanJapan
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202752.7Forecast
202653.0Forecast
202552.9
202453.0
202353.6
202254.5
202152.6
202052.9
201953.5
201853.7
201753.6
201653.8

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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