The reading right now

As of January 2022, Government expenditure for Japan stood at 20.9%. That is down 0.69 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 19.1%, ranging from a low of 16.1% in January 2018 to a high of 23.6% in January 2020. The current reading sits 2.5 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 18.4%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.