COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Japan Government Expense
Japan government expense: latest available value for 2022, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20,06 | -0,79 |
| 2021 | 20,85 | -2,15 |
| 2020 | 22,99 | 6,97 |
| 2019 | 16,02 | 0,31 |
| 2018 | 15,72 | -0,13 |
| 2017 | 15,85 | -0,51 |
| 2016 | 16,36 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesJapan recorded 20,06 percent of GDP in 2022, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2021, the government expense decreased by 0,79.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 7 observations from 2016 to 2022, the average was 18,26; the minimum was 15,72 in 2018 and the maximum was 22,99 in 2020.
Japan ranks 105 out of 152 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for East Asia & Pacific.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Ongoing fiscal expenditure intensity.