In fiscal year 2021, the initial budget for national debt service expenditure of the national government in Japan amounted to around 23.7 trillion Japanese yen. In that fiscal year, the General Account Budget in Japan was planned at around 106.6 trillion yen, with national debt service expenditures accounting for around 22.3 percent of the total budget.
National debt service expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021
(in trillion Japanese yen)
fiscal years 2012 to 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
*Revised budget. **Initial budget.
According to the source, Japan's national budget consists of the general account, special accounts and the budget for government-affiliated agencies. Special accounts are established for the national government to carry out projects with specific objectives and are managed independently of the general account.
Data prior to 2018 comes from previous reporting.
1 Japanese yen equals 0.0090 U.S. dollars or 0.0078 euros as of October 2021.
Values have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (September 21, 2021). National debt service expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/630367/japan-general-account-budget-debt-service-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "National debt service expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630367/japan-general-account-budget-debt-service-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau Japan. (2021). National debt service expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630367/japan-general-account-budget-debt-service-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "National Debt Service Expenditures of The Government's General Account Budget in Japan from Fiscal Year 2012 to 2021 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630367/japan-general-account-budget-debt-service-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau Japan, National debt service expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630367/japan-general-account-budget-debt-service-expenditures/ (last visited May 19, 2022)
