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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Japan 2021

National debt fell in Japan

In 2021 Japan public debt was 10,801,508 million euros12,783,844 million dollars, has decreased 643,165277,801 million since 2020.

This amount means that the debt in 2021 reached 255.07% of Japan GDP, a 3.54 percentage point fall from 2020, when it was 258.61% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Japan debt. It has risen since 2011 in global debt terms, when it was 9,815,738 million euros 13,660,700 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 219.16%.

According to the last data point published, Japan per capita debt in 2021 was 86,063 euros101,858 dollars per inhabitant. In 2020 it was 90,940 euros 103,788 dollars, afterwards dropping by 4,877 euros 1,930dollars, and if we again check 2011 we can see that then the debt per person was 76,787 euros106,865 dollars .

The position of Japan, as compared with the rest of the world, has remained in 2021 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 190 in the list of debt to GDP and 189 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Japan. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Japan in economy of Japan.

Japan: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
202110,801,50812,783,844255.07%€86,063$101,858
202011,444,67313,061,645258.61%€90,940$103,788
201910,807,91812,100,524236.43%€85,627$95,868
20189,914,85611,714,313232.39%€78,381$92,607
201710,100,20211,405,986231.32%€79,689$89,991
201610,509,67411,630,037232.43%€82,779$91,604
20159,144,60110,147,115228.29%€72,017$79,912
20148,597,01511,424,032233.29%€67,629$89,868
20139,005,42111,960,406229.46%€70,723$93,930
201211,030,89914,181,412226.09%€86,482$111,181
20119,815,73813,660,700219.16%€76,787$106,865
20108,936,37711,856,768205.88%€70,038$92,926
20097,547,60110,515,839198.81%€59,173$82,444
20086,280,0519,235,443180.85%€49,181$72,326
20075,778,8207,920,694172.95%€45,233$61,998
20066,381,7608,013,404174.14%€49,957$62,729
20056,776,6958,435,453174.59%€53,046$66,030
20046,670,2598,293,379169.49%€52,220$64,927
20036,395,2447,232,234160.02%€50,106$56,664
20026,821,4096,445,590154.10%€53,543$50,593
20017,088,5286,348,734145.12%€55,757$49,938
20007,291,5266,737,524135.61%€57,490$53,122
19995,627,5336,003,649129.50%€44,456$47,427
19984,754,915116.02%€32,138$37,633
19974,715,767104.97%€31,806$37,423
19964,827,55898.05%€28,926$38,402
19955,131,07192.53%€30,071$40,906
19944,217,04684.36%€27,586$33,705
19933,304,59872.71%€21,668$26,486
19922,657,73866.64%€15,660$21,370
19912,275,83162.23%€14,188$18,364
19902,014,53563.02%€12,289$16,320
19892,042,12065.51%€14,348$16,599
19882,248,78071.75%€14,709$18,350
19871,957,07275.73%€13,177$16,038
19861,570,53974.04%€12,586$12,932
1985974,79268.29%€10,176$8,069
1984882,88365.63%€8,860$7,354
1983807,13863.62%€7,189$6,767
1982668,93957.79%€5,490$5,647
1981657,66352.88%€4,759$5,591
1980539,56947.84%€3,157$4,621
Japan: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Japan: Evolution of debt in millions