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Japan: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1870–2025 · 156 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025
576 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+1.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.5%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$4.76 trillionUS dollars

Real GDP

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031598,712,896Forecast
2030595,092,544Forecast
2029591,460,544Forecast
2028587,852,992Forecast
2027584,201,024Forecast
2026579,832,576Forecast
2025576,317,120
2024570,304,704
2023571,267,008
2022567,178,880
2021559,725,184
2020540,462,080
2019564,647,488
2018566,394,816
2017561,709,312
2016552,735,872

Sources

  • Barro & Ursúa1870–2009
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Asian Historical Statistics1885–1940
  • Smits, Woltjer & Ma1885–1940
  • Mitchell1885–2010
  • Andersson1885–2012
  • Maddison Project Database1885–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2022
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1994–2025
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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