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IndicatorsMonetary & Financial ConditionsJapan Current Account Balance (WEO)

Japan Current Account Balance (WEO)

IMFStored official data

Current account balance for Japan as a share of GDP. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook.

Latest3.70%
YoY+76.19%
10Y Avg3.22%
FrequencyAnnual

Japan Current Account Balance (WEO) time series chart. Showing observations from 2019 to 2023. Latest value 3.7%.

Min2.10%
Mean3.22%
Max3.90%
Latest obs2023
SourceIMF
HistoryPlatform snapshot

Data record

Tier 1 - criticalIFS / WEO / BOP; multilateral macro standard.Action: deepen nowExpected coverage: 250,000 series.
Provider health
SourceIMF
International Monetary Fund
Native keyProvider-native identifier used to reconcile this country/provider series.
WEO:BCA_NGDPD
FreshnessDisplayed as stored official data.The chart is using the platform's stored official snapshot while a fresh provider response is unavailable.Fetched: Not recorded.Latest observation flag: Preliminary.
Stored · 2023
HistoryMacro by Mark stores each successful current-value observation fetch as a platform-captured point-in-time snapshot from the fetch date forward.These snapshots are captured by Macro by Mark and are not source-native historical vintages. They can show what the platform captured after snapshotting began, not what the provider showed before that date.
Platform snapshot
ReuseCommercial use: no default.Redistribution: review required.Keep IMF on the research/import lane by default. Do not auto-promote it into public or paid product surfaces.Source: International Monetary Fund (WEO:BCA_NGDPD). Accessed 2026-05-09. Rights review required before commercial display or export.
Manual review

Research notes

66 · Caution
ComparabilityReal, nominal, and chain measures are not interchangeable: Use real growth for cycle analysis, nominal levels for revenue/size questions, and PPP or per-capita variants for welfare comparisons.Provider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.
3 notes
QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 70/100. 70% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 52/100. 5 observations available; latest observation 2023; release status none; data status fallbackRevision and vintage depth: 67/100. Macro by Mark stores each successful current-value observation fetch as a platform-captured point-in-time snapshot from the fetch date forward.
1/6 strong
CitationJapan Current Account Balance (WEO) (IMF Data (IFS, WEO, BOP): BCA_NGDPD, Japan, retrieved May 9, 2026)
Retrieved May 9, 2026
Series details, provenance, and revision toolsFull metadata and supporting panels are kept here so the chart read stays focused.

Series details

SourceIMF
CategoryMonetary & Financial Conditions
FrequencyAnnual
Unit% of GDP
Transformslevel, yoy, index 100
About this series

Current account balance for Japan as a share of GDP. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook.

Data provenance

International organizationManual review
Source terms

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