In the fiscal year 2021, the total social expenditure in Japan amounted to almost 143 trillion Japanese yen. Health-related expenditures, including medical care insurance, public funded healthcare, and long-term care insurance, was a major expenditure category at 60.5 trillion yen. Family-related expenditures grew by 25.9 percent compared to the previous year.
Total social expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2017 to 2021, by policy area
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Old age
Survivors
Incapacity-related benefits
Health
Family
Active labor market programmes
Unemployment
Housing
Other social policy areas
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National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. (August 4, 2023). Total social expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2017 to 2021, by policy area (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475199/japan-total-social-expenditure-by-category/
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. "Total social expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2017 to 2021, by policy area (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. August 4, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475199/japan-total-social-expenditure-by-category/
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. (2023). Total social expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2017 to 2021, by policy area (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475199/japan-total-social-expenditure-by-category/
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. "Total Social Expenditure in Japan from Fiscal Year 2017 to 2021, by Policy Area (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475199/japan-total-social-expenditure-by-category/
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Total social expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2017 to 2021, by policy area (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475199/japan-total-social-expenditure-by-category/ (last visited July 18, 2024)
Total social expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2017 to 2021, by policy area (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, August 4, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475199/japan-total-social-expenditure-by-category/