In the fiscal year 2022, the government issued special deficit-financing bonds worth 41.8 trillion Japanese yen. The total value of bonds issued to finance government expenditure reached 50.5 trillion yen. The government had a bond dependency ratio of 38.1 percent in the same year.
Value of government general bonds issued 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
Supplementary notes
*Based on the supplementary budget. **Based on the draft budget.Â
Figures prior to FY 2023 are settled figures.
Excluding ad-hoc special deficit-financing bonds (FY 1990) to finance peace and reconstruction activities in the Persian Gulf region, tax reduction-related special deficit-financing bonds (FY 1994-1996), reconstrcution bonds (FY 2011) for reconstruction measures regarding the Great East Japan Earthquake, and pension-related special deficit-financing bonds (FY 2012-2013).
100 Japanese yen equal 0.67 U.S. dollars or 0.62 euros as of August 2024.
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Ministry of Finance Japan. (January 15, 2024). Value of government general bonds issued in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482155/japan-government-general-bonds-issuance-amount-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan. "Value of government general bonds issued in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. January 15, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482155/japan-government-general-bonds-issuance-amount-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan. (2024). Value of government general bonds issued in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482155/japan-government-general-bonds-issuance-amount-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan. "Value of Government General Bonds Issued in Japan from Fiscal Year 1990 to 2022 with Forecasts until 2024, by Type (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482155/japan-government-general-bonds-issuance-amount-by-type/
Ministry of Finance Japan, Value of government general bonds issued in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482155/japan-government-general-bonds-issuance-amount-by-type/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Value of government general bonds issued in Japan from fiscal year 1990 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024, by type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], Ministry of Finance Japan, January 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482155/japan-government-general-bonds-issuance-amount-by-type/
