In 2018 Japan public debt was 9,912,260 million euros11,711,237 million dollars, has decreased 192,170300,486 million since 2017.
This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 232.33% of Japan GDP, a 0.91 percentage point rise from 2017, when it was 231.42% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Japan debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 6,275,365 million euros 9,228,521 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 180.72%.
According to the last data point published, Japan per capita debt in 2018 was 78,361 euros92,583 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 79,722 euros 90,028 dollars, afterwards dropping by 1,361 euros 2,555dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 49,145 euros72,272 dollars .
The position of Japan, as compared with the rest of the world, has remained in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 191 in the list of debt to GDP and 191 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.