Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Japan
Japan: Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP was 14.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Japan, 1980–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Japan is 14.2%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and up 119.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Japan peaked at 14.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1980.
Japan ranks 36th of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Japan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1.4% | — |
| 1981 | 1.5% | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 2.0% | +27.8% |
| 1983 | 2.4% | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 3.0% | +22.5% |
| 1985 | 4.5% | +48.9% |
| 1986 | 4.7% | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 5.9% | +25.4% |
| 1988 | 5.8% | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 8.5% | +46.5% |
| 1990 | 10.0% | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 9.9% | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 8.9% | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 7.4% | -17.3% |
| 1994 | 6.8% | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 6.1% | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 6.7% | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 6.8% | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 7.5% | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 7.0% | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 5.5% | -20.6% |
| 2001 | 5.6% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 5.8% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | +22.1% |
| 2007 | 7.6% | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 7.4% | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 6.5% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +27.1% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | +24.3% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 12.9% | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 14.2% | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.0% | 1.4% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.7% | 6.1% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.2% | 5.4% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 5.8% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.2% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More financial sector data for Japan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 14.80 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 411.71 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -0.9434 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 951.96 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 86.75 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 861.99 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 914.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.00 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.00 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 8,108 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Japan?
- Outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Japan was 14.2% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 14.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1980.
- How does Japan rank for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp?
- Japan ranks 36th out of 90 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of private international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. (Table 12A (international debt amount: all issuers) - Table 12D (international debt amount: governments)) / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level intenational private debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators.End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.