Japan Government Debt to GDP  1980-2015 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Japan recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 230 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2014. Government Debt to GDP in Japan averaged 121.76 percent from 1980 until 2014, reaching an all time high of 230 percent in 2014 and a record low of 50.60 percent in 1980. Government Debt to GDP in Japan is reported by the Ministry of Finance Japan.

Japan Government Debt to GDP
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Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
230.00 224.20 230.00 50.60 1980 - 2014 percent Yearly
Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Government Debt to GDP - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Government Debt to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2015.


Japan Government Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Government Debt to GDP 230.00 224.20 230.00 50.60 percent [+]
Government Budget -7.70 -8.40 2.58 -8.90 percent of GDP [+]
Government Budget Value -96309.00 -125048.00 76276.00 -347513.00 JPY HND Million [+]
Government Spending 103417.20 103133.60 103417.20 41526.60 JPY Billion [+]
Asylum Applications 773.00 773.00 773.00 23.00 Persons [+]
Credit Rating 77.11 [+]




Last Previous Highest Lowest
Japan 230.00   Dec/14 224.20 230.00 50.60 [+]
Greece 177.10   Dec/14 175.00 177.10 22.60 [+]
Lebanon 134.41   Dec/14 133.36 185.19 130.80 [+]
Jamaica 132.72   Dec/14 135.50 135.50 87.31 [+]
Italy 132.30   Dec/14 128.50 132.30 90.50 [+]
Portugal 130.20   Dec/14 129.70 130.20 48.50 [+]
Cape Verde 114.22   Dec/14 101.63 114.22 54.28 [+]
Ireland 109.70   Dec/14 123.20 123.20 24.80 [+]
Cyprus 107.50   Dec/14 102.20 107.50 48.90 [+]
Belgium 106.50   Dec/14 104.40 133.10 74.10 [+]
United States 102.98   Dec/14 101.17 121.70 31.70 [+]
Bhutan 101.30   Dec/14 98.40 101.30 36.90 [+]
Singapore 99.30   Dec/14 103.20 106.20 66.90 [+]
Spain 97.70   Dec/14 92.10 97.70 16.60 [+]
France 95.00   Dec/14 92.30 95.00 20.70 [+]
Euro Area 92.10   Dec/14 91.10 92.10 64.90 [+]
Egypt 90.50   Dec/14 87.10 102.30 73.30 [+]
United Kingdom 89.40   Dec/14 87.30 89.40 31.30 [+]
European Union 86.80   Dec/14 85.50 86.80 57.80 [+]
Jordan 86.68   Dec/13 80.17 219.73 60.24 [+]
Canada 86.51   Dec/14 87.66 101.70 66.50 [+]
Iceland 86.40   Dec/14 91.40 101.00 23.00 [+]
Austria 84.50   Dec/14 80.90 84.50 56.10 [+]
Slovenia 80.90   Dec/14 70.30 80.90 18.30 [+]
Croatia 80.60   Dec/14 76.00 80.60 34.40 [+]
Sudan 79.00   Dec/14 70.70 139.30 56.30 [+]
Zimbabwe 77.00   Dec/14 66.20 147.70 31.40 [+]
Hungary 76.90   Dec/14 77.30 82.20 0.00 [+]
Sri Lanka 75.50   Dec/14 78.30 103.20 75.50 [+]
Germany 74.70   Dec/14 77.10 80.30 55.60 [+]
Bahamas 73.40   Dec/14 66.20 73.40 23.20 [+]
Ukraine 71.21   Dec/14 40.65 71.21 12.30 [+]
Serbia 70.90   Dec/14 59.60 201.20 28.30 [+]
Albania 69.11   Dec/14 64.82 84.60 53.43 [+]
Netherlands 68.80   Dec/14 68.60 76.10 45.30 [+]
Sao Tome and Principe 68.23   Dec/14 72.45 309.20 33.30 [+]
Malta 68.00   Dec/14 69.20 69.80 35.30 [+]
Ghana 67.60   Dec/14 55.64 125.40 26.20 [+]
Israel 67.50   Dec/14 67.60 96.70 67.50 [+]
Mauritania 66.90   Dec/14 65.60 280.45 60.80 [+]
Belize 66.30   Dec/14 66.70 87.10 31.40 [+]
India 66.10   Dec/14 65.80 84.30 65.80 [+]
Guyana 65.80   Dec/14 63.90 135.70 59.90 [+]
Seychelles 65.00   Dec/14 69.00 87.00 49.00 [+]
Pakistan 64.30   Dec/14 64.80 87.90 54.90 [+]
Morocco 63.89   Dec/14 61.70 117.71 21.66 [+]
Uruguay 62.80   Dec/14 62.10 111.55 54.90 [+]
El Salvador 62.38   Dec/14 61.37 62.38 37.35 [+]
Finland 59.30   Dec/14 55.60 59.30 10.80 [+]
Brazil 58.91   Dec/14 56.80 60.90 53.40 [+]
Costa Rica 58.32   Dec/14 55.88 58.68 36.57 [+]
Montenegro 56.84   Dec/13 53.97 56.84 27.50 [+]
Mozambique 55.40   Dec/14 46.90 138.40 37.50 [+]
Slovakia 53.60   Dec/14 54.60 54.60 27.90 [+]
Malaysia 52.80   Dec/14 54.70 80.74 31.80 [+]
Mauritius 52.80   Dec/14 58.30 63.70 48.40 [+]
Mongolia 51.70   Dec/11 45.30 105.50 24.50 [+]
Fiji 50.60   Dec/14 51.40 56.20 33.69 [+]
Vietnam 50.50   Dec/14 54.98 54.98 31.90 [+]
Poland 50.10   Dec/14 55.70 55.70 36.80 [+]
Yemen 49.95   Dec/13 51.70 51.80 27.20 [+]
Kenya 49.80   Dec/14 44.50 78.30 42.80 [+]
Venezuela 49.80   Dec/13 45.90 71.90 26.30 [+]
Nicaragua 49.10   Dec/14 49.80 169.10 49.10 [+]
Gambia 47.70   Dec/13 44.50 117.40 35.10 [+]
Tunisia 47.50   Dec/14 44.38 69.90 40.20 [+]
Kyrgyzstan 46.70   Dec/14 43.80 122.27 43.80 [+]
Macedonia 45.90   Dec/14 40.40 48.80 23.00 [+]
Lesotho 45.80   Dec/14 37.70 88.66 36.90 [+]
Dominican Republic 45.79   Dec/14 46.14 46.14 16.43 [+]
Thailand 45.70   Dec/13 43.70 57.80 15.20 [+]
Panama 45.60   Dec/14 41.70 115.75 41.70 [+]
Philippines 45.40   Dec/14 49.20 74.90 45.40 [+]
Denmark 45.20   Dec/14 45.00 58.10 27.50 [+]
Eritrea 45.00   Dec/13 29.10 62.50 29.10 [+]
Djibouti 44.56   Dec/14 48.10 67.80 44.56 [+]
Laos 44.48   Dec/14 38.66 81.70 33.61 [+]
Sweden 43.90   Dec/14 38.70 73.20 36.20 [+]
Argentina 43.00   Dec/14 38.80 166.00 33.30 [+]
Czech Republic 42.75   Dec/14 45.18 45.18 12.50 [+]
Honduras 42.63   Dec/14 42.17 68.06 23.07 [+]
Bahrain 42.00   Dec/14 41.30 42.00 8.50 [+]
Central African Republic 41.83   Dec/14 50.57 97.40 30.50 [+]
Trinidad and Tobago 41.60   Dec/14 38.60 58.84 13.18 [+]
Armenia 41.23   Dec/14 38.45 46.21 13.56 [+]
China 41.06   Dec/14 39.38 41.06 19.99 [+]
Lithuania 40.90   Dec/14 38.80 40.90 15.50 [+]
Latvia 40.00   Dec/14 38.20 44.50 9.00 [+]
Tanzania 39.90   Dec/13 39.50 66.60 31.10 [+]
Myanmar 39.72   Dec/14 40.81 140.95 39.72 [+]
Romania 39.60   Dec/14 38.00 39.60 12.40 [+]
South Africa 39.00   Dec/14 37.00 43.50 27.80 [+]
Papua New Guinea 38.80   Dec/14 32.70 71.06 23.60 [+]
Colombia 38.00   Dec/14 35.80 45.60 23.30 [+]
Sierra Leone 37.65   Dec/14 36.90 247.38 34.96 [+]
Iraq 37.02   Dec/14 32.10 334.85 32.10 [+]
Georgia 36.80   Dec/13 37.90 43.62 21.55 [+]
Taiwan 36.50   Dec/14 35.80 36.50 11.19 [+]
Ivory Coast 36.41   Dec/14 39.92 84.20 29.00 [+]
South Korea 35.98   Dec/14 34.52 35.98 8.24 [+]
Senegal 35.20   Dec/14 29.60 72.60 17.70 [+]
Madagascar 34.90   Dec/14 34.00 111.88 24.30 [+]
Uganda 34.70   Dec/14 33.26 84.40 22.10 [+]
Switzerland 34.20   Dec/14 34.90 51.60 25.10 [+]
Republic of the Congo 34.00   Dec/14 32.00 270.18 22.89 [+]
Australia 33.88   Dec/14 30.90 33.88 9.70 [+]
Liberia 33.20   Dec/14 26.60 720.73 26.00 [+]
Turkey 33.00   Dec/14 35.85 77.90 33.00 [+]
Bolivia 32.40   Dec/14 32.60 80.40 32.40 [+]
Hong Kong 32.00   Dec/14 33.84 35.47 13.70 [+]
Qatar 31.48   Dec/14 32.11 67.13 8.03 [+]
Angola 31.00   Dec/14 34.57 104.50 20.60 [+]
Zambia 31.00   Dec/14 28.80 277.53 28.80 [+]
Guinea Bissau 30.80   Dec/14 26.70 209.50 21.40 [+]
Mexico 30.70   Dec/14 28.60 37.20 17.10 [+]
New Zealand 30.43   Dec/14 31.00 61.02 14.55 [+]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.40   Dec/14 28.20 56.04 17.00 [+]
Syria 30.01   Dec/10 31.21 189.76 30.01 [+]
Ecuador 29.80   Dec/14 24.20 85.50 16.40 [+]
Nepal 28.80   Dec/14 31.90 69.50 28.80 [+]
Ethiopia 28.60   Dec/14 27.40 41.80 24.70 [+]
Tajikistan 28.34   Dec/14 29.18 111.78 28.34 [+]
Burkina Faso 28.30   Dec/14 22.48 43.40 20.90 [+]
Cambodia 28.12   Dec/13 28.76 43.16 27.46 [+]
Rwanda 28.00   Dec/14 29.42 119.50 21.27 [+]
Gabon 27.70   Dec/14 26.90 86.96 16.73 [+]
Bulgaria 26.90   Oct/15 26.70 77.60 13.20 [+]
Haiti 26.70   Dec/14 21.32 60.88 11.97 [+]
Norway 26.40   Dec/14 29.30 53.80 26.40 [+]
Suriname 26.20   Dec/14 29.20 114.98 16.86 [+]
Comoros 25.40   Dec/14 26.30 78.10 25.40 [+]
Indonesia 25.02   Dec/14 24.90 87.43 22.96 [+]
Niger 24.80   Dec/14 23.80 69.90 15.80 [+]
Moldova 24.60   Dec/14 23.60 159.42 19.27 [+]
Maldives 24.40   Dec/14 29.40 47.35 24.40 [+]
Guatemala 24.31   Dec/14 25.36 50.45 20.82 [+]
Chad 23.80   Dec/14 30.20 61.90 23.10 [+]
Luxembourg 23.60   Dec/14 24.00 24.00 6.10 [+]
Namibia 23.60   Jun/15 24.00 27.49 14.22 [+]
Botswana 23.10   Dec/14 26.00 26.00 5.98 [+]
Belarus 21.12   Sep/15 19.35 22.04 1.27 [+]
Guinea 20.81   Dec/13 22.97 113.00 20.81 [+]
Togo 20.80   Dec/14 17.30 124.00 13.60 [+]
Peru 20.70   Dec/14 20.30 47.10 20.30 [+]
Cameroon 19.90   Dec/14 13.40 131.44 9.30 [+]
Congo 19.69   Dec/14 18.88 181.62 18.88 [+]
Cayman Islands 19.50   Dec/14 21.10 24.50 7.50 [+]
Paraguay 19.05   Dec/14 16.79 67.00 12.99 [+]
Benin 18.30   Dec/14 18.00 58.20 11.40 [+]
Bangladesh 18.00   Dec/13 18.90 44.90 18.00 [+]
Malawi 18.00   Dec/14 25.50 119.70 14.60 [+]
Russia 17.92   Dec/14 14.02 99.00 7.90 [+]
Palestine 17.36   Dec/14 19.04 26.36 2.93 [+]
Cuba 17.10   Dec/12 20.20 21.10 14.80 [+]
Turkmenistan 16.80   Dec/14 21.10 64.41 2.42 [+]
Iran 16.36   Dec/15 15.76 22.67 8.93 [+]
United Arab Emirates 15.68   Dec/14 15.87 24.10 2.70 [+]
Chile 15.10   Dec/14 12.80 31.40 3.90 [+]
Kazakhstan 14.86   Dec/14 12.86 17.60 5.90 [+]
Burundi 14.20   Dec/14 15.10 224.60 14.20 [+]
Azerbaijan 13.75   Dec/13 11.60 24.20 7.30 [+]
Kosovo 12.47   Sep/15 11.21 12.47 5.51 [+]
Estonia 10.60   Dec/14 10.10 10.60 3.70 [+]
Nigeria 10.50   Dec/14 11.00 88.00 10.50 [+]
Swaziland 9.90   Dec/14 9.98 26.16 8.78 [+]
Algeria 8.76   Dec/14 8.32 116.20 8.32 [+]
Uzbekistan 8.70   Dec/14 8.58 59.38 8.58 [+]
Equatorial Guinea 7.60   Dec/14 8.99 325.60 0.80 [+]
Kuwait 7.14   Dec/14 6.54 203.36 1.09 [+]
Afghanistan 6.60   Dec/13 6.70 184.00 6.60 [+]
Libya 6.10   Dec/14 6.80 21.20 5.90 [+]
Oman 4.80   Dec/14 4.90 38.57 4.10 [+]
Brunei 2.60   Dec/14 2.48 2.60 0.00 [+]
Saudi Arabia 1.60   Dec/14 2.20 103.50 1.60 [+]