The outstanding amount of government general bonds in Japan was planned to reach approximately 1.1 quadrillion Japanese yen by the end of the 2024 fiscal year. Due to the impact of the corona disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the overall outstanding amount of general bonds issued by the central government leaped by about 60 trillion from fiscal 2019 to 2020.
Outstanding amount of government general bonds in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type
(in trillion Japanese yen)
fiscal years 1990 to 2022; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
as of the end of the fiscal year
Supplementary notes
*Based on the supplementary budget. **Based on the draft budget.
Figures prior to FY 2023 are settled figures.
The outstanding amount of the government bond includes construction bonds, special deficit-financing bonds, and reconstruction bonds. The outstanding special deficit-financing bond includes refunding bonds for long-term debts transferred from JNR Settlement Corporation and the National Forest Service, etc., ad-hoc special deficit-financing bonds, tax reduction-related special deficit-financing bonds, and pension-related special deficit-financing bonds, GX economy transition bonds and child special bonds.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.62 U.S. dollars or 0.58 euros as of July 2024.
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Ministry of Finance Japan. (January 16, 2024). Outstanding amount of government general bonds in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1259982/japan-cumulative-outstanding-amount-public-bond-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan. "Outstanding amount of government general bonds in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. January 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1259982/japan-cumulative-outstanding-amount-public-bond-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan. (2024). Outstanding amount of government general bonds in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1259982/japan-cumulative-outstanding-amount-public-bond-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan. "Outstanding Amount of Government General Bonds in Japan from Fiscal Year 1990 to 2022 with Forecasts until 2024, by Type (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1259982/japan-cumulative-outstanding-amount-public-bond-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan, Outstanding amount of government general bonds in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1259982/japan-cumulative-outstanding-amount-public-bond-by-type/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Outstanding amount of government general bonds in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], Ministry of Finance Japan, January 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1259982/japan-cumulative-outstanding-amount-public-bond-by-type/
