Japan's External and Public Sector Debt Statistics from the World Bank

World Bank Group data on Japan's external debt stocks and flows, including public sector debt. The dataset likely contains quarterly statistics on debt instruments and government tiers. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling sovereign debt sustainability based on quarterly external debt statistics.
• Analyzing public sector debt composition based on valuation methods and instrument types.
• Comparing debt stocks and flows for high-income countries and emerging markets.
• Researching financial flows to central, state, and local government tiers.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks.
• Includes detailed breakdowns of public sector debt by valuation methods, instruments, and government tiers.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and major multilateral institutions.

Time Range

Quarterly time-series data; specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 04:24:25.423775; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan