# Japan Government Budget Balance

Japan Government Budget Balance was −1.4% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points from 2023.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1994.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.0% (2020) to −1.4% (2024), averaging −3.9%.

- Source agency: Statistics Bureau of Japan (e-Stat)
- Makrognosis code: `JP.BUDGET.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 1994-01-01 to 2024-01-01 (31 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/japan/government-budget-balance

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | −1.4% |
| 2023 | −1.9% |
| 2022 | −3.4% |
| 2021 | −6.2% |
| 2020 | −10.0% |
| 2019 | −3.1% |
| 2018 | −2.4% |
| 2017 | −2.9% |
| 2016 | −3.4% |
| 2015 | −3.5% |
| 2014 | −5.1% |
| 2013 | −7.3% |
| 2012 | −8.2% |
| 2011 | −8.9% |
| 2010 | −8.9% |
| 2009 | −10.1% |
| 2008 | −5.3% |
| 2007 | −2.9% |
| 2006 | −3.0% |
| 2005 | −4.0% |
| 2004 | −5.0% |
| 2003 | −6.9% |
| 2002 | −7.7% |
| 2001 | −6.2% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JP.BUDGET.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JP.BUDGET.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```