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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Japan 2018

Debt decreased in Japan

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.

Japan: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20189,912,26011,711,237232.33%€78,361$92,583
201710,104,43011,410,751231.42%€79,722$90,028
201610,513,79711,634,547232.52%€82,812$91,639
20159,149,11110,152,082228.40%€72,053$79,952
20148,605,86411,435,842233.53%€67,699$89,961
20139,011,76811,968,863229.63%€70,773$93,997
201211,030,91214,181,362226.09%€86,482$111,181
20119,812,73413,656,480219.09%€76,763$106,832
20108,928,25911,846,014205.69%€69,974$92,841
20097,543,67510,510,360198.70%€59,142$82,401
20086,275,3659,228,521180.72%€49,145$72,272
20075,774,1117,914,222172.81%€45,196$61,947
20066,377,8318,008,425174.03%€49,926$62,690
20056,764,9988,420,920174.29%€52,954$65,916
20046,670,2538,293,373169.49%€52,220$64,927
20036,395,2497,232,240160.02%€50,106$56,664
20026,821,4016,445,582154.10%€53,543$50,593
20017,088,5286,348,734145.12%€55,757$49,938
20007,291,5266,737,524135.61%€57,490$53,122
19995,627,5356,003,652129.50%€44,456$47,427
19984,754,918116.02%€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
19933,304,59672.71%€21,668$26,486
19922,657,74166.64%€15,660$21,370
19912,275,83062.23%€14,188$18,364
19902,014,53363.02%€12,289$16,320
19892,042,11865.51%€14,348$16,599
19882,248,78071.75%€14,709$18,350
19871,957,07175.73%€13,177$16,037
19861,570,53974.04%€12,586$12,932
1985974,79568.29%€10,176$8,069
1984882,88565.63%€8,860$7,354
1983807,13863.62%€7,189$6,767
1982668,94057.79%€5,490$5,647
1981657,66352.88%€4,759$5,591
1980539,56747.84%€3,157$4,621
Japan: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Japan: Evolution of debt in millions