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Japan Government Debt (% of GDP)

Latest

240.0%

−8.3pp vs prior

2023 · updated 2026-09-07

Government Debt (% of GDP)

1980 to 2023

Source: FRED series GGGDTAJPA188N · general government, annual (IMF). The IMF publishes this as an outturn only up to the year shown; its figures for later years are projections, held in a separate series that this site does not publish. So the year under the figure is the most recent actual available, not a sign the feed has broken.

Everything the Japanese government owes, compared with the size of the economy: the highest ratio of any major economy.