Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): Japan
The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 8,164.36 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.
Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.GOVERNMENT.USD.Q · JPN
Government core debt is consolidated across government entities and valued at nominal/face value. Gross outstanding core debt: loans, debt securities, and currency/deposits, financed by all domestic and foreign lenders. Assets are not deducted. End-quarter stock converted to US dollars at the prevailing end-quarter exchange rate; not a credit-flow or PPP measure. BIS statistics are freely sourced and their inclusion must not result in any additional charge to users. BIS attribution is required; resale is not permitted by SOTW's rights policy. Collection time is not the original publication timestamp. Source dimensions, unit multipliers, confidentiality and observation flags are retained. Terms: https://data.bis.org/help/legal
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- Latest
- 8,164.36
- USD billions · 2026-Q1
- Previous
- 8,223.19
- USD billions · 2025-Q4
- Earliest held
- 5,623.44
- USD billions · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 105
- Every reading SOTW holds
Japan · history
USD billions · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (USD billions) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 8,164.36 |
| 2025-Q4 | 8,223.19 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8,738.26 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9,026.66 |
| 2025-Q1 | 8,687.23 |
| 2024-Q4 | 8,221.86 |
| 2024-Q3 | 9,070.61 |
| 2024-Q2 | 8,113.43 |
| 2024-Q1 | 8,574.49 |
| 2023-Q4 | 9,151.64 |
| 2023-Q3 | 8,620.92 |
| 2023-Q2 | 8,927.87 |
| 2023-Q1 | 9,642.61 |
| 2022-Q4 | 9,635.46 |
| 2022-Q3 | 8,746.92 |
| 2022-Q2 | 9,309.62 |
| 2022-Q1 | 10,280.43 |
| 2021-Q4 | 10,600.53 |
| 2021-Q3 | 10,872.50 |
| 2021-Q2 | 11,045.07 |
| 2021-Q1 | 10,947.10 |
| 2020-Q4 | 11,835.01 |
| 2020-Q3 | 11,422.06 |
| 2020-Q2 | 11,021.43 |
| 2020-Q1 | 10,498.35 |
| 2019-Q4 | 10,449.02 |
| 2019-Q3 | 10,407.74 |
| 2019-Q2 | 10,481.87 |
| 2019-Q1 | 10,142.58 |
| 2018-Q4 | 10,150.78 |
| 2018-Q3 | 9,774.18 |
| 2018-Q2 | 10,019.16 |
| 2018-Q1 | 10,392.43 |
| 2017-Q4 | 9,787.94 |
| 2017-Q3 | 9,746.37 |
| 2017-Q2 | 9,773.11 |
| 2017-Q1 | 9,710.72 |
| 2016-Q4 | 9,226.82 |
| 2016-Q3 | 10,624.61 |
| 2016-Q2 | 10,408.11 |
| 2016-Q1 | 9,413.13 |
| 2015-Q4 | 8,743.57 |
| 2015-Q3 | 8,697.66 |
| 2015-Q2 | 8,542.95 |
| 2015-Q1 | 8,657.88 |
| 2014-Q4 | 8,607.20 |
| 2014-Q3 | 9,224.11 |
| 2014-Q2 | 9,928.84 |
| 2014-Q1 | 9,602.08 |
| 2013-Q4 | 9,426.92 |
| 2013-Q3 | 10,019.35 |
| 2013-Q2 | 9,826.34 |
| 2013-Q1 | 10,153.24 |
| 2012-Q4 | 11,035.46 |
| 2012-Q3 | 12,136.85 |
| 2012-Q2 | 11,769.04 |
| 2012-Q1 | 11,237.36 |
| 2011-Q4 | 11,759.64 |
| 2011-Q3 | 11,613.29 |
| 2011-Q2 | 10,985.54 |
| 2011-Q1 | 10,473.40 |
| 2010-Q4 | 10,614.57 |
| 2010-Q3 | 10,145.61 |
| 2010-Q2 | 9,494.04 |
| 2010-Q1 | 8,846.42 |
| 2009-Q4 | 8,789.92 |
| 2009-Q3 | 8,960.98 |
| 2009-Q2 | 8,302.54 |
| 2009-Q1 | 7,880.99 |
| 2008-Q4 | 8,442.68 |
| 2008-Q3 | 7,236.34 |
| 2008-Q2 | 7,269.87 |
| 2008-Q1 | 7,691.73 |
| 2007-Q4 | 6,832.83 |
| 2007-Q3 | 6,643.58 |
| 2007-Q2 | 6,232.06 |
| 2007-Q1 | 6,495.65 |
| 2006-Q4 | 6,472.68 |
| 2006-Q3 | 6,538.59 |
| 2006-Q2 | 6,737.03 |
| 2006-Q1 | 6,603.92 |
| 2005-Q4 | 6,599.98 |
| 2005-Q3 | 6,833.12 |
| 2005-Q2 | 7,029.09 |
| 2005-Q1 | 7,193.76 |
| 2004-Q4 | 7,427.44 |
| 2004-Q3 | 6,829.13 |
| 2004-Q2 | 7,032.25 |
| 2004-Q1 | 7,213.84 |
| 2003-Q4 | 6,714.11 |
| 2003-Q3 | 6,408.36 |
| 2003-Q2 | 5,862.14 |
| 2003-Q1 | 5,807.31 |
| 2002-Q4 | 5,628.11 |
| 2002-Q3 | 5,490.10 |
| 2002-Q2 | 5,666.40 |
| 2002-Q1 | 4,968.98 |
| 2001-Q4 | 4,951.62 |
| 2001-Q3 | 5,386.01 |
| 2001-Q2 | 5,222.99 |
| 2001-Q1 | 5,087.54 |
| 2000-Q4 | 5,344.90 |
| 2000-Q3 | 5,550.21 |
| 2000-Q2 | 5,664.55 |
| 2000-Q1 | 5,623.44 |
Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.