In fiscal year 2021, the annual national medical expense in Japan amounted to around 45.04 trillion Japanese yen. This figure marked the highest recorded in the last decade, representing an increase from around 42.97 trillion Japanese yen in the previous year.
Annual national medical expenses in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021
(in trillion Japanese yen)
fiscal year 2012 to 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
With the start of nursing care insurance system in April 2000, some expenses that were previously included in the national medical care cost have been shifted to the nursing care insurance cost. These expenses have not been included in the national medical care cost since fiscal year 2000.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.67 U.S. dollars or 0.62 euros as of December 2023.
Figures have been rounded.
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MHLW (Japan). (October 24, 2023). Annual national medical expenses in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428477/japan-annual-national-medical-expenses/
MHLW (Japan). "Annual national medical expenses in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. October 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428477/japan-annual-national-medical-expenses/
MHLW (Japan). (2023). Annual national medical expenses in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428477/japan-annual-national-medical-expenses/
MHLW (Japan). "Annual National Medical Expenses in Japan from Fiscal Year 2012 to 2021 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428477/japan-annual-national-medical-expenses/
MHLW (Japan), Annual national medical expenses in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428477/japan-annual-national-medical-expenses/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Annual national medical expenses in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], MHLW (Japan), October 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428477/japan-annual-national-medical-expenses/
