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General government gross debt, % of GDP, quarterly (OECD): Japan

The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 202.40% of GDP for 2026-Q2, from OECD.

Source series · Listed tier · Fiscal & Monetary · Quarterly · % of GDP · OECD.L.GOV.DEBT.GDP.Q · JPN

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Latest
202.40
% of GDP · 2026-Q2
Previous
204.40
% of GDP · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
151.60
% of GDP · 2005-Q1
Readings shown
86
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Japan · history

% of GDP · Quarterly

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:17:18.299Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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General government gross debt, % of GDP, quarterly (OECD): Japan: 86 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of GDP)
2026-Q2202.40
2026-Q1204.40
2025-Q4205.60
2025-Q3206.60
2025-Q2209.40
2025-Q1211.50
2024-Q4214.60
2024-Q3216.00
2024-Q2218.90
2024-Q1220.30
2023-Q4221.20
2023-Q3222.10
2023-Q2225.40
2023-Q1227.40
2022-Q4229.20
2022-Q3229.20
2022-Q2230.00
2022-Q1227.50
2021-Q4225.40
2021-Q3225.90
2021-Q2226.90
2021-Q1230.00
2020-Q4230.60
2020-Q3227.60
2020-Q2219.70
2020-Q1207.70
2019-Q4206.70
2019-Q3205.20
2019-Q2205.20
2019-Q1204.70
2018-Q4204.70
2018-Q3202.90
2018-Q2202.30
2018-Q1202.20
2017-Q4203.30
2017-Q3203.20
2017-Q2203.70
2017-Q1203.10
2016-Q4202.40
2016-Q3202.70
2016-Q2200.90
2016-Q1199.80
2015-Q4200.30
2015-Q3200.40
2015-Q2201.20
2015-Q1202.00
2014-Q4203.50
2014-Q3201.00
2014-Q2200.20
2014-Q1198.90
2013-Q4201.50
2013-Q3199.80
2013-Q2199.80
2013-Q1198.10
2012-Q4197.10
2012-Q3194.00
2012-Q2192.40
2012-Q1191.10
2011-Q4190.50
2011-Q3185.60
2011-Q2182.60
2011-Q1178.70
2010-Q4178.70
2010-Q3174.80
2010-Q2175.90
2010-Q1174.30
2009-Q4173.00
2009-Q3168.40
2009-Q2164.10
2009-Q1158.20
2008-Q4154.20
2008-Q3151.00
2008-Q2150.90
2008-Q1150.10
2007-Q4150.90
2007-Q3149.80
2007-Q2150.10
2007-Q1150.30
2006-Q4152.60
2006-Q3152.00
2006-Q2151.60
2006-Q1152.90
2005-Q4153.60
2005-Q3152.30
2005-Q2152.80
2005-Q1151.60

Source: OECD. All 86 readings held, 2005-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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