Japan - Outstanding Public Debt - Domestic





Japan: Outstanding Public Debt - Domestic

Mnemonic GDBTD.IJPN
Unit 100 Mil. JPY, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly 0.79 %
Data Jan 2024 11,062,037
Dec 2023 10,975,593

Series Information

Source Bank of Japan
Release Treasury Account Statements
Frequency Monthly
Start Date 4/30/1982
End Date 1/31/2024

Japan: Government

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Outstanding Public Debt Jan 2024 12,947,860 12,864,520 100 Mil. JPY, NSA Monthly
Outstanding Public Debt - Domestic Jan 2024 11,062,037 10,975,593 100 Mil. JPY, NSA Monthly
Outstanding Public Debt - Foreign Jan 2024 0 0 100 Mil. JPY, NSA Monthly
Gross External Debt 2023 Q4 191,526 193,021 Bil. JPY, NSA Quarterly
Government Budget Balance 31 Mar 2022 -20,190 -32,501 Bil. JPY 365 days
Government Revenues 31 Mar 2022 219,673 209,155 Bil. JPY 365 days

Release Information

For Japan, central government headline finances (balance, revenues, expenditures), detailed operations of the Treasury and Bank of Japan (receipts, payments, deposits), and transactions with the private sector.

  • Measurement: 100 million Japanese yen (100 Mil. JPY)
  • Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
  • Native frequency: Monthly
  • Start dates:
    • 1982m4
    • 1983m4
    • 1999m4

Methodology

Bank of Japan does not provide the methodology for Treasury Accounts.

Definitions

Transactions with the Private Sector

  • Transactions with foreign central banks and international organizations (the yen accounts of the Bank of Japan) are included from April 1999.

Transactions with the Bank of Japan

  • Transactions with foreign central banks and international organizations (the yen accounts of the Bank of Japan) were included in Ordinary Receipts and Payment through March 1999. (They are included in the table of transactions with the Private Sector from April 1999.)
  • The receipts and payments of principal and interest of government bonds with the postal service are not included in Treasury Accounts from April 2003, when the Postal Service Agency changed to Japan Post.

Consolidated Receipts and Payments of the Treasury

  • After the integration of Financing Bills and Treasury Bills in February 2009, Treasury Bills were excluded from Balance of Ordinary Receipts and Payments and categorized as Treasury Discount Bills. However, those Treasury Bills which were issued before the integration remain included.

National Government Debt

  • The amount outstanding of Inflation-Indexed bonds in Internal Japanese Government Securities Issued in Japan is based on inflation-adjusted principal amount.

Moody's Analytic supplements

We construct select headline government finances (balance, revenue, expenditures, debt) in NSA and SAAR terms.

Corrections to data compiled within the past twelve months are made and announced on the following release date.

The fiscal year of the government of Japan runs from 1 April to 31 March of the next calendar year. Accordingly, time series in this dataset start in April.

Further reading

At the source:

At IMF (SDDS Plus):

  • Sep 2005 - Initial version.
  • 9 Nov 2023, Phillip Thorne - Properties, Further reading.