Japan - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Japan was 1,052,770,000,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,052,770,000,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 187,605,000,000,000 in 1991.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 239,932,000,000,000
1991 187,605,000,000,000
1992 196,194,000,000,000
1993 212,474,000,000,000
1994 281,080,000,000,000
1995 316,420,000,000,000
1996 349,658,000,000,000
1997 396,028,000,000,000
1998 430,610,000,000,000
1999 478,061,000,000,000
2000 529,134,000,000,000
2001 546,233,000,000,000
2002 586,172,000,000,000
2003 639,264,000,000,000
2004 676,600,000,000,000
2005 683,798,000,000,000
2006 689,311,000,000,000
2007 713,622,000,000,000
2008 731,155,000,000,000
2009 777,693,000,000,000
2010 812,056,000,000,000
2011 874,515,000,000,000
2012 920,746,000,000,000
2013 950,406,000,000,000
2014 999,119,000,000,000
2015 1,048,210,000,000,000
2016 1,052,770,000,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Japan was 193.39 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 194.82 in 2015, while its lowest value was 38.85 in 1991.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 52.89
1991 38.85
1992 39.63
1993 42.90
1994 55.01
1995 60.66
1996 65.29
1997 72.86
1998 80.26
1999 90.53
2000 98.83
2001 102.74
2002 111.76
2003 122.00
2004 127.80
2005 128.41
2006 128.80
2007 132.33
2008 138.52
2009 157.13
2010 160.63
2011 175.80
2012 183.97
2013 186.83
2014 192.58
2015 194.82
2016 193.39

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance