$JPGDPQQ -Japan GDP (Q3/2025)ECONOMICS:JPGDPQQ
Q3/2025
source: Cabinet Office, Japan
- Japan’s GDP contracted 0.4% qoq in Q3 2025, reversing an upwardly revised 0.6% expansion in Q2, though the figure was slightly better than estimates of a 0.6% decline, preliminary data showed.
It marked the first quarterly drop since Q1
Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Q3 2025
Next release
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Forecast
−0.40 %
Highest
5.60 % on Sep 30, 2020
Lowest
−7.80 % on Jun 30, 2020
About Japan GDP Growth Rate
Japan's industrialized, free market economy is the fourth biggest in the world. Japan has the largest electronics industry and the third largest automobile industry in the world. Japan’s economy is well-known by its efficiency and competitiveness in exports oriented sectors, but productivity is lower in areas such as agriculture, distribution, and services.
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$JPGDBQQ -Japan's GDP Shrinks More than Expected (Q1/2025)$JPGDBQQ
Q1/2025
source: Cabinet Office, Japan
- Japan's GDP shrank 0.2% qoq in Q1 of 2025, compared with forecasts of a 0.1% fall and after a 0.6% growth in Q4, flash data showed.
It was the first GDP contraction in a year, amid worries over the impact of US trade policy under President Donald
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