NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Japan 2023

Public debt in Japan goes down

In 2023 Japan public debt was 9,347,768 million euros10,110,359 million dollars, has decreased 694,485472,940 million since 2022.

This amount means that the debt in 2023 reached 239.97% of Japan GDP, a 8.34 percentage point fall from 2022, when it was 248.31% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Japan debt. It has risen since 2013 in global debt terms, when it was 9,004,881 million euros 11,959,724 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 229.45%.

According to the last data point published, Japan per capita debt in 2023 was 75,093 euros81,219 dollars per inhabitant. In 2022 it was 80,298 euros 84,624 dollars, afterwards dropping by 5,205 euros 3,405dollars, and if we again check 2013 we can see that then the debt per person was 70,719 euros93,925 dollars .

The position of Japan, as compared with the rest of the world, has remained in 2023 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
20239,347,76810,110,359239.97%€75,093$81,219
202210,042,25310,583,299248.31%€80,298$84,624
202110,799,84812,781,901253.65%€86,060$101,854
202011,441,65313,058,141258.37%€90,916$103,760
201910,805,63812,097,971236.38%€85,609$95,848
20189,914,61211,714,014232.38%€78,379$92,605
201710,100,25811,406,050231.32%€79,689$89,991
201610,509,33611,629,610232.42%€82,777$91,601
20159,144,36510,146,816228.28%€72,015$79,910
20148,596,77611,423,765233.28%€67,627$89,866
20139,004,88111,959,724229.45%€70,719$93,925
201211,030,90214,181,361226.09%€86,482$111,181
20119,815,74313,660,668219.16%€76,787$106,865
20108,936,34711,856,736205.88%€70,037$92,926
20097,547,63310,515,875198.81%€59,173$82,444
20086,280,0919,235,464180.85%€49,182$72,326
20075,778,8587,920,728172.95%€45,233$61,998
20066,381,8368,013,454174.14%€49,957$62,730
20056,776,6988,435,485174.60%€53,046$66,030
20046,670,2478,293,371169.49%€52,220$64,927
20036,395,2507,232,241160.02%€50,106$56,664
20026,821,4086,445,582154.10%€53,543$50,593
20017,088,5206,348,734145.12%€55,757$49,938
20007,291,5346,737,524135.61%€57,490$53,122
19995,627,5356,003,652129.50%€44,456$47,427
19984,754,919116.02%€32,138$37,633
19974,715,766104.97%€31,806$37,423
19964,827,56198.05%€28,926$38,402
19955,131,06792.53%€30,071$40,906
19944,217,04584.36%€27,586$33,705
19933,304,59572.84%€21,706$26,486
19922,657,74166.77%€15,690$21,370
19912,275,83062.39%€14,224$18,364
19902,014,53363.23%€12,330$16,320
19892,042,11965.67%€14,383$16,599
19882,248,78071.94%€14,749$18,350
19871,957,07175.83%€13,195$16,037
19861,570,53974.08%€12,593$12,932
1985974,79568.31%€10,178$8,070
1984882,88665.60%€8,856$7,354
1983807,13863.51%€7,177$6,767
1982668,94057.73%€5,484$5,647
1981657,66352.82%€4,753$5,591
1980539,56747.78%€3,153$4,621
Japan: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Japan: Evolution of debt in millions