The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Japan was worth 4026.21 billion US dollars in 2024, according to official data from the World Bank. The GDP value of Japan represents 3.79 percent of the world economy. This dataset provides - Japan GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices in Japan was about 4.03 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024. Between 1980 and 2024, the GDP rose by approximately 2.90 trillion U.S. dollars, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend. The GDP will steadily rise by around 960 billion U.S. dollars over the period from 2024 to 2030, reflecting a clear upward trend.This indicator describes the gross domestic product at current prices. The values are based upon the GDP in national currency converted to U.S. dollars using market exchange rates (yearly average). The GDP represents the total value of final goods and services produced during a year.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Japan expanded 0.50 percent in the second quarter of 2025 over the previous quarter. This dataset provides - Japan GDP Growth Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Japan recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 236.70 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Japan Government Debt to GDP - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Key information about Japan Real GDP Growth

• The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Japan expanded 0.4 % YoY in Dec 2022, following a growth of 1.5 % in the previous quarter.
• Real GDP Growth YoY data in Japan is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1956 to Dec 2022, with an average rate of 3.2 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 16.6 % in Mar 1960 and a record low of -10.4 % in Dec 1979.

CEIC calculates Real GDP Growth from quarterly Real GDP. Economic and Social Research Institute provides Real GDP in local currency, at chain linked 2015 prices. Real GDP Growth prior to Q1 1995 is calculated from Real GDP at 2000 prices. Real GDP Growth prior to Q1 1981 is calculated from GDP Volume Index with base 2010=100 sourced from the International Monetary Fund.


Related information about Japan Real GDP Growth

• In the latest reports, Nominal GDP of Japan reached 990.7 USD bn in Dec 2022.
• Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 1.2 % in Dec 2022.
• GDP Per Capita in Japan reached 33,901.7 USD in Dec 2022.
• Its Gross Savings Rate was measured at 28.8 % in Mar 2022.
• For Nominal GDP contributions, Investment accounted for 26.6 % in Dec 2022.
• Public Consumption accounted for 22.3 % in Dec 2022.
• Private Consumption accounted for 55.2 % in Dec 2022.

Graph and download economic data for Gross Domestic Product for Japan (JPNNGDP) from Q1 1994 to Q2 2025 about Japan and GDP.

The statistic shows the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in Japan from 1987 to 2024, with projections up until 2030. In 2024, the estimated gross domestic product per capita in Japan was around 32,498.15 U.S. dollars. For further information, see Japan's GDP. Japan's economy Japan is the world’s second largest developed economy and a member of the Group of Eight, also known as G8, which is comprised of the eight leading industrialized countries. Due to a weak financial sector, overregulation and a lack of demand, Japan suffered substantially from the early 1990s until 2000, a time referred to as ‘’The Lost Decade’’. Japan’s economy is still slowly recovering from the country’s asset price bubble collapse; however it continues to struggle to retain economic milestones achieved in the 1980s. Japan’s response to the crash was to stimulate the economy, which in turn resulted in extensive amounts of debt that further increased into the 21st century, most notably after the 2008 financial crisis. Despite maintaining a surprisingly low unemployment rate, demand within the country remains inadequate, primarily because Japanese residents spend a rather small fraction of the money they earned from the workplace. Lower demand often has a direct effect on production, with companies seeing not enough profits to continue production at such a high rate. Based on the consumer confidence index, Japanese households found that their quality of life, income growth, employment and propensity to durable goods was below satisfactory standards, perhaps due to these households still experiencing the effects of the 1990s bubble crash.

The statistic shows the growth rate of the real gross domestic product (GDP) in Japan from 2020 to 2024, with projections up until 2030. In 2023, Japan's GDP increased by 1.49 percent compared to the previous year. For comparison, the GDP growth rate of China had reached about 8.45 percent that same year.Gross domestic product growth rate in JapanGDP serves as one of the most heavily relied upon indicators to gauge the state and health of a country’s economy. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services that have been produced within a nation’s borders in a given period of time, usually a year. GDP figures allow a more fundamental understanding of a country’s economy. Year-on-year GDP growth acts as a helpful and clear sign of the direction in which a country is moving in economic terms. Real GDP is especially useful and insightful as it takes price changes (inflation and deflation) into account.The gross domestic product growth rate in Japan has been shaky since the recession of 2008 struck the world economy like a bolt out of the blue and Japan is still yet to gain a solid foothold. Despite its ongoing financial predicament however, Japan remains one of the world’s most highly developed economies. The economy of Japan is the third largest worldwide by nominal GDP and the nation has a very active manufacturing sector. It is active in the auto manufacturing sector, the third largest in the world after the United States and China, and has an electronics industry that is counted among the worlds most innovative. Japan can boast many titles, but perhaps the most significant to its future stability is that which relates to its astronomical national debts, currently running at over 200 percent of GDP, roughly 10.5 trillion US dollars.

Japan: Gross Domestic Product, billions of U.S. dollars: The latest value from 2024 is 4026.21 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 4213.17 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 612.35 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 1960 to 2024 is 2955.86 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 47.42 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 6272.36 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2012.

The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Japan was last recorded at 37144.91 US dollars in 2024. The GDP per Capita in Japan is equivalent to 294 percent of the world's average. This dataset provides - Japan GDP per capita - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about Japan Government Debt: % of GDP

• Japan Government debt accounted for 216.2 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with the ratio of 217.2 % in the previous quarter.
• Japan government debt to GDP ratio data is updated quarterly, available from Dec 1994 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 225.8 % in Mar 2021 and a record low of 55.9 % in Dec 1994.

CEIC calculates quarterly Government Debt as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Government Debt and rolling sum of quarterly Nominal GDP. The Bank of Japan provides Government Debt in local currency. The Economic and Social Research Institute provides Nominal GDP in local currency. Government Debt covers Central Government only.


Related information about Japan Government Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports, Japan National Government Debt reached 9,396.6 USD bn in Apr 2023.
• The country's Nominal GDP reached 1,080.1 USD bn in Mar 2023.

GDP, billion currency units in Japan, June, 2025 The most recent value is 155521.5 billion Japanese Yen as of Q2 2025, a decline compared to the previous value of 156166.5 billion Japanese Yen. Historically, the average for Japan from Q1 1960 to Q2 2025 is 90167.6 billion Japanese Yen. The minimum of 3361 billion Japanese Yen was recorded in Q1 1960, while the maximum of 161552.3 billion Japanese Yen was reached in Q4 2024. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Japan expanded 1.20 percent in the second quarter of 2025 over the same quarter of the previous year. This dataset provides - Japan GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Japan Real GDP - Historical chart and current data through 2025.

The statistic shows Japan's national debt from 2020 to 2023 in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), with projections up until 2030. In 2023, the national debt of Japan amounted to about 239.97 percent of the gross domestic product. An eye on Japan’s national debt Japan’s national debt ranks first among countries with the highest debt levels in the world, far surpassing the debt levels of Greece - which ranks number two - whose financial crisis has been in the spotlight recently. Italy is third, followed by Jamaica, Lebanon and Enritrea. Currently, Japan’s national debt amounts more than a thousand trillion yen and the country’s debt is predicted to keep rising for the foreseeable future, albeit only slightly. Japan’s national debt is not without consequence for the global economy, because the country claims the fourth-largest share in global gross domestic product. Therefore, the effects on the global economy would and could have a much greater global impact than that of a country such as Greece - considering its share of the global economy adjusted for purchase power parity was less than 0.29 percent in 2011. The debt levels of China, the United States and India should also be watched closely as they together make up the largest share of global GDP. At the moment, Japan’s inflation rate is among the lowest in the world, but as Japan attempts to reduce its national debt, this could change.

Japan: Percent of world GDP: The latest value from 2023 is 4 percent, a decline from 4.22 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.53 percent, based on data from 188 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 1980 to 2023 is 10.91 percent. The minimum value, 4 percent, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 18.12 percent was recorded in 1994.

Graph and download economic data for Central government debt, total (% of GDP) for Japan (DEBTTLJPA188A) from 1990 to 2022 about Japan, debt, government, and GDP.

Historical dataset showing Japan GDP per capita by year from 1960 to 2023.

Japan: GDP per capita, constant dollars: The latest value from 2024 is 37144.91 U.S. dollars, an increase from 36952.52 U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 15841.40 U.S. dollars, based on data from 178 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 1960 to 2024 is 25221.82 U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 6388.88 U.S. dollars, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 37144.91 U.S. dollars was recorded in 2024.

During the "Golden Age of Capitalism", from 1950 to 1973, GDP grew by annual averages of just under five percent in Western Europe*, four percent in the U.S., and ten percent in Japan. This period of prosperity came to an end with the recession of 1973-1975, however GDP growth rates did not return to their previous levels when the recession ended, as growth was fairly sporadic in the 1970s and then much slower throughout the 1980s. From 1973 to 1987, GDP grew annually at just two fifth of the Golden Age's rate in Europe and Japan, while the U.S.' annual rates were somewhat closer.

One major difference between the two given periods was that the U.S. was the dominant and most influential economy of all developed (non-communist) countries in the 1950s and 1960s, however, the 1970s and 1980s saw Japan and the European Communities (led by West Germany and France) emerge as major economic powers in their own right. While the U.S. remained the most powerful country in the world, other developed nations became more economically autonomous, and began asserting their own influence internationally.