Japan: Short-term government debt
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| Japan |
Short-term government debt, percent of total |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 37.29 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2011 - 2024 |
| Average | 43.49 |
| Min - Max | 36.84 - 57.30 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2024 is 37.29 percent, a decline from 42.45 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 8.06 percent, based on data from 131 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 2011 to 2024 is 43.49 percent. The minimum value, 36.84 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 57.3 percent was recorded in 2020.
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| Recent values | Japan: Short-term government debt |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 37.29 |
| 2023 | 42.45 |
| 2022 | 47.96 |
| 2021 | 45.95 |
| 2020 | 57.30 |
| 2019 | 37.86 |
| 2018 | 36.99 |
| 2017 | 37.39 |
Definition: General government debt with maturity of twelve months or less as percent of total government debt. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Government spending, in dollars | 844.05 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -1.53 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | -1.15 | 2024 | percent |
| Government expenditure | 36,550.40 | Q2/2026 | billion |
| Long-term interest rate | 2.94 | 8/2026 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 11.14 | 1993 | percent |
| Taxes on goods and services | 14.45 | 1993 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 1.21 | 1993 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 35.02 | 1993 | percent |
| Government debt | 236.11 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt held by non-residents | 10.77 | 2024 | percent |
| Sovereign debt average maturity | 8.56 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term government debt | 37.29 | 2024 | percent |