Japan GDP Annual Growth Rate

How much bigger or smaller the economy is than a year earlier, adjusted for inflation: each period's real GDP against the same period a year before.

0.7%

+0.2pp vs Q1 2026

Q2 2026 · Quarterly data

Seasonally adjusted

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GDP Annual Growth Rate

Q1 1995 to Q2 2026

Source: Calculated from real GDP, each period against the same period a year earlier. Real GDP: FRED series JPNRGDPEXP · real GDP, chained 2015 yen, seasonally adjusted annual rate (Cabinet Office of Japan).

How this series is defined

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Source
real GDP, each period against the same period a year earlier. Real GDP: FRED series JPNRGDPEXP
Series
See the citation below
Frequency
Quarterly
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Seasonally adjusted
Latest observation
Q2 2026
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

Data refreshed 2026-10-04. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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