Memorandum items, Securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and in Japan
Japan: Memorandum items, Securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and was -178.51 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Memorandum items, Securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and in Japan, 2003–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Japan recorded -178.51 billion for memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and in 2025.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and in Japan peaked at -6.07 billion in 2003 and was at its lowest, -206.00 billion, in 2021.
Japan ranks 49th of 49 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Memorandum items, Securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -6.07 billion | — |
| 2004 | -12.48 billion | +105.8% |
| 2005 | -27.13 billion | +117.4% |
| 2006 | -59.03 billion | +117.6% |
| 2007 | -75.57 billion | +28.0% |
| 2008 | -96.03 billion | +27.1% |
| 2009 | -101.00 billion | +5.2% |
| 2010 | -107.75 billion | +6.7% |
| 2011 | -103.86 billion | -3.6% |
| 2012 | -95.11 billion | -8.4% |
| 2013 | -134.33 billion | +41.2% |
| 2014 | -154.39 billion | +14.9% |
| 2015 | -140.02 billion | -9.3% |
| 2016 | -134.90 billion | -3.7% |
| 2017 | -173.35 billion | +28.5% |
| 2018 | -141.25 billion | -18.5% |
| 2019 | -149.95 billion | +6.2% |
| 2020 | -185.94 billion | +24.0% |
| 2021 | -206.00 billion | +10.8% |
| 2022 | -155.86 billion | -24.3% |
| 2023 | -163.85 billion | +5.1% |
| 2024 | -174.54 billion | +6.5% |
| 2025 | -178.51 billion | +2.3% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's -178.51 billion is below the median for high income countries, which is -650,000, 274632.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -53.90 billion | -101.00 billion | -6.07 billion | 7 |
| 2010s | -133.49 billion | -173.35 billion | -95.11 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | -177.45 billion | -206.00 billion | -155.86 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 46 Mexico -27.37 billion compare
- 47 Philippines -40.23 billion compare
- 48 Switzerland -42.68 billion compare
More financial sector data for Japan
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0025 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 91.29 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 5.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0019 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 66.66 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0025 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 91.29 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 5.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and in Japan?
- Memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and in Japan was -178.51 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was -6.07 billion in 2003.
- What is the lowest memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was -206.00 billion in 2021.
- How does Japan rank for memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and?
- Japan ranks 49th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is memorandum items, securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Memorandum items, Securities lent and on repo, lent or repoed and included in section I (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.