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Japan - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 104.7

World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 175 economies tracked

Latest value

104.7 (2025)

Global rank

##83 of 175 economies

Share of global total

0.7%

Growth since 2003

3.54×

Ranking Race — Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#23#45#67#89#111#13319901995200020052010201520202025#20#832020 overtook Papua New Guinea2025 overtook Burkina Faso
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Japan climbed from #20 to #83 (overtook Papua New Guinea). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Japan ↓

Key Events — Japan

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1991
Asset bubble bursts curated

Equity and land prices collapse, opening the lost decades.

2006
Fell 22 places in global rank auto
2007
Fell 18 places in global rank auto
2011
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis curated

Triple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.

2020
Overtook Papua New Guinea in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Burkina Faso in global rank auto
2025
Climbed 54 places in global rank auto

Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), 2003-2025

World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20032008201320182023202529.6154.6479.67104.7

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