Japan
GDP growth, year over year
GDP growth tracks how quickly inflation-adjusted output is expanding or contracting. It is the headline pace measure for business cycles, slowdowns, recoveries, and recessions.
GDP Growth Rate - Japan
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The reading right now
As of January 2024, GDP growth, year over year for Japan stood at 0.1%. That is down 1.4 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 0.11%, ranging from a low of -4.17% in January 2020 to a high of 2.7% in January 2021. The current reading sits 0.4 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 0.51%.
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