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Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): Japan

The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 4,538,384 USD mn for 2026-Q2, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · External · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QEDS.EXTDEBT.USD.Q · JPN

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
4,538,384
USD mn · 2026-Q2
Previous
4,767,500
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
1,202,713
USD mn · 2003-Q1
Readings shown
94
Every reading SOTW holds

Japan · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:19:35.673Z (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.

Readings, newest first

Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): Japan: 94 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q24,538,384
2026-Q14,767,500
2025-Q44,662,228
2025-Q34,701,533
2025-Q24,685,117
2025-Q14,545,206
2024-Q44,372,391
2024-Q34,682,617
2024-Q24,216,355
2024-Q14,441,520
2023-Q44,493,088
2023-Q34,389,900
2023-Q24,342,416
2023-Q14,523,101
2022-Q44,389,964
2022-Q34,279,291
2022-Q24,388,225
2022-Q14,613,905
2021-Q44,638,861
2021-Q34,723,699
2021-Q24,587,323
2021-Q14,686,842
2020-Q44,823,571
2020-Q34,782,347
2020-Q24,670,375
2020-Q14,738,710
2019-Q44,243,817
2019-Q34,339,362
2019-Q24,256,706
2019-Q14,175,571
2018-Q44,012,593
2018-Q33,952,685
2018-Q23,881,174
2018-Q13,906,194
2017-Q43,599,524
2017-Q33,639,306
2017-Q23,501,481
2017-Q13,468,630
2016-Q43,420,164
2016-Q33,674,706
2016-Q23,550,665
2016-Q13,256,035
2015-Q42,945,062
2015-Q32,907,528
2015-Q22,736,652
2015-Q12,829,531
2014-Q42,726,517
2014-Q32,876,003
2014-Q22,910,809
2014-Q12,778,172
2013-Q42,803,153
2013-Q32,816,419
2013-Q22,734,186
2013-Q12,825,321
2012-Q43,016,811
2012-Q33,169,640
2012-Q23,030,366
2012-Q13,051,296
2011-Q43,115,170
2011-Q33,032,311
2011-Q22,721,358
2011-Q12,640,238
2010-Q42,588,607
2010-Q32,569,712
2010-Q22,247,438
2010-Q12,039,839
2009-Q42,086,400
2009-Q32,215,139
2009-Q22,131,746
2009-Q12,087,248
2008-Q42,230,634
2008-Q32,054,564
2008-Q21,950,385
2008-Q12,108,032
2007-Q41,767,798
2007-Q31,664,468
2007-Q21,500,130
2007-Q11,540,892
2006-Q41,512,871
2006-Q31,523,073
2006-Q21,551,744
2006-Q11,494,540
2005-Q41,521,065
2005-Q31,474,255
2005-Q21,490,516
2005-Q11,420,950
2004-Q41,557,059
2004-Q31,462,333
2004-Q21,449,446
2004-Q11,417,661
2003-Q41,354,398
2003-Q31,274,667
2003-Q21,261,160
2003-Q11,202,713

Source: World Bank. All 94 readings held, 2003-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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