Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue in Japan
Japan: Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue was 0.7945 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue in Japan, 1994–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2020, value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue in Japan stood at 0.7945.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue in Japan peaked at 1 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.7779, in 2015.
That places Japan 64th out of 70 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | — |
| 1995 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9202 | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 0.798 | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8082 | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7953 | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7979 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8018 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8023 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7924 | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8058 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.7992 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.7999 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8012 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8025 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7916 | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7999 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8023 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8034 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8377 | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7779 | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7856 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7872 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7859 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7928 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.7945 | +0.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 0.7945 is below the median for high income countries, which is 1, 79% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Japan's 0.7945 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9487, 84% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9211 | 0.798 | 1 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.7998 | 0.7924 | 0.8058 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7964 | 0.7779 | 0.8377 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7945 | 0.7945 | 0.7945 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue in Japan?
- Value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue in Japan was 0.7945 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1994.
- What is the lowest value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7779 in 2015.
- How does Japan rank for value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue?
- Japan ranks 64th out of 70 countries with data for 2020.
- Is value-added tax (vat), ratio of this level of government's revenue rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.