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.