Name: Japan General Government Gross Debt to GDP
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Japan recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 248.70 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Government Debt to GDP in Japan averaged 152.66 percent of GDP from 1980 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 258.40 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of 50.60 percent of GDP in 1980. source: Ministry of Finance, Japan

Government Debt to GDP in Japan is expected to reach 232.00 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Japan General Government Gross Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 232.60 percent of GDP in 2027 and 234.00 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Credit Rating	77.00			May 2026
Government Budget	-2.30	-3.80	percent of GDP	Dec 2024
Government Budget Value	-28772.00	-86079.00	JPY Hundred Million	Dec 2025
Government Debt to GDP	248.70	251.20	percent of GDP	Dec 2025
Government Spending	122782.30	122654.70	JPY Billion	Mar 2026
Government Spending to GDP	39.40	40.40	percent of GDP	Dec 2024
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Military Expenditure	62158.10	54245.10	USD Million	Dec 2025

Japan General Government Gross Debt to GDP

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.