Japan Government Debt Over Time (1980–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 1 / 184

Data table

1980	41.4%	1992	57.9%	2004	148.8%	2016	202.1%
1981	45.8%	1993	63.2%	2005	153.4%	2017	203.1%
1982	50.1%	1994	73.3%	2006	152.1%	2018	203.7%
1983	55.1%	1995	80.7%	2007	150.4%	2019	206.3%
1984	56.9%	1996	85.3%	2008	153.6%	2020	228.8%
1985	59.2%	1997	91.3%	2009	172.9%	2021	222.7%
1986	64.2%	1998	101.6%	2010	178.6%	2022	227.8%
1987	65.8%	1999	113.5%	2011	190.6%	2023	220.3%
1988	62.4%	2000	118.5%	2012	197.1%	2024	214.5%
1989	56.9%	2001	126.8%	2013	201.2%	2025	206.5%
1990	54.8%	2002	134.6%	2014	203.6%	2026	204.4%
1991	54.1%	2003	140.2%	2015	200.1%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - JPY)

Data table

1980	108.5T	1992	298.5T	2004	795.7T	2016	1.12Q
1981	128.6T	1993	325.9T	2005	824.5T	2017	1.15Q
1982	147.8T	1994	382.2T	2006	822.2T	2018	1.16Q
1983	170T	1995	428T	2007	819.3T	2019	1.18Q
1984	186T	1996	465.7T	2008	819.3T	2020	1.27Q
1985	206.2T	1997	506T	2009	863.2T	2021	1.28Q
1986	234.7T	1998	552T	2010	911T	2022	1.33Q
1987	251T	1999	606.5T	2011	955T	2023	1.36Q
1988	255.6T	2000	643.9T	2012	996.3T	2024	1.36Q
1989	249.9T	2001	684.2T	2013	1.04Q	2025	1.37Q
1990	258.7T	2002	716.7T	2014	1.08Q	2026	1.38Q
1991	271.9T	2003	743.6T	2015	1.1Q

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 1 / 86

Data table

1980	17%	1992	19%	2004	93.3%	2016	142.9%
1981	20.6%	1993	23.1%	2005	93.2%	2017	144.3%
1982	24.8%	1994	29%	2006	92.2%	2018	146.7%
1983	29.4%	1995	33.7%	2007	93.5%	2019	148.2%
1984	31.7%	1996	38.3%	2008	104.5%	2020	160.8%
1985	33%	1997	44.1%	2009	119.2%	2021	157.5%
1986	35.8%	1998	53.5%	2010	127.7%	2022	159.6%
1987	33.1%	1999	62.7%	2011	138.9%	2023	149.5%
1988	27.8%	2000	66.8%	2012	142.6%	2024	141.7%
1989	21.9%	2001	73.5%	2013	141.1%	2025	136.5%
1990	18.7%	2002	82.2%	2014	140.1%	2026	134.3%
1991	16.9%	2003	88.5%	2015	140.4%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - JPY)

Data table

1980	44.61T	1992	97.75T	2004	498.6T	2016	794.3T
1981	57.88T	1993	119.4T	2005	500.7T	2017	815.7T
1982	73.24T	1994	151.1T	2006	498.3T	2018	835T
1983	90.68T	1995	178.8T	2007	509T	2019	847.5T
1984	103.7T	1996	209.5T	2008	557.6T	2020	891T
1985	114.9T	1997	244.1T	2009	595.2T	2021	903.6T
1986	130.7T	1998	290.8T	2010	651.4T	2022	933.5T
1987	126.2T	1999	334.7T	2011	695.8T	2023	920.8T
1988	114.1T	2000	362.8T	2012	720.5T	2024	898.9T
1989	96.05T	2001	396.4T	2013	726T	2025	905.9T
1990	88.09T	2002	437.8T	2014	740T	2026	910.1T
1991	84.97T	2003	469T	2015	770.7T