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Japan - VAT Revenue (% of GDP) 4.15

IMF World Revenue · updated 2026-10-03 · 151 economies tracked

Latest value

4.15 (2019)

Global rank

##99 of 151 economies

Share of global total

0.5%

Growth since 1990

3.4×

Ranking Race — VAT Revenue (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#22#43#64#85#1061990199520002005201020152020#39#992018 overtook Costa Rica2019 overtook Botswana
JapanBosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaSamoaSerbia

Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2020. Japan climbed from #39 to #99 (overtook Costa Rica). 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.

2011
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis curated

Triple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.

2014
Climbed 18 places in global rank auto
2018
Overtook Costa Rica in global rank auto
2019
Overtook Botswana in global rank auto

VAT Revenue (% of GDP), 1990-2019

IMF World Revenue · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19902000201020191.222.23.174.15
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