Title: Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP) for Japan Series ID: CASHBLJPA188A Source: World Bank Release: World Development Indicators (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: % of GDP Date Range: 1972-01-01 to 2013-01-01 Last Updated: 2018-09-27 1:31 PM CDT Notes: Cash surplus or deficit is revenue (including grants) minus expense, minus net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. In the 1986 GFS manual nonfinancial assets were included under revenue and expenditure in gross terms. This cash surplus or deficit is closest to the earlier overall budget balance (still missing is lending minus repayments, which are now a financing item under net acquisition of financial assets). World Bank sources: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates. Source Indicator: GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS DATE VALUE 1972-01-01 -0.86907390551590 1973-01-01 3.90840042057784 1974-01-01 -4.30317596800344 1975-01-01 -14.59028577092660 1976-01-01 -16.90237081253980 1977-01-01 -19.43908064090890 1978-01-01 -22.95619343442360 1979-01-01 -22.74580927890640 1980-01-01 -21.79948405016630 1981-01-01 -20.22597330129440 1982-01-01 -20.43000984356750 1983-01-01 -21.39125165342110 1984-01-01 -17.89015993843930 1985-01-01 -14.89854184478610 1986-01-01 -14.27825708632050 1987-01-01 -8.75762100350780 1988-01-01 -5.46751539298132 1989-01-01 -7.33893334396160 1990-01-01 -18.24598424824360 1991-01-01 . 1992-01-01 . 1993-01-01 . 1994-01-01 . 1995-01-01 . 1996-01-01 . 1997-01-01 . 1998-01-01 . 1999-01-01 . 2000-01-01 . 2001-01-01 . 2002-01-01 . 2003-01-01 . 2004-01-01 . 2005-01-01 -100.75046189453600 2006-01-01 -21.20164914482330 2007-01-01 -60.84030962910820 2008-01-01 -73.68338935471970 2009-01-01 -188.47683283091000 2010-01-01 -182.09404175497500 2011-01-01 -197.30837780997500 2012-01-01 -158.26381145762800 2013-01-01 -43.12759767850980