Social security expenditures accounted for the largest share of the initial budget of the Japanese national government's general account for the fiscal year 2024, with 33.5 percent. As the nation is facing a rapidly aging society, social security expenditures, in particular pension and medical insurance expenditures, have been growing gradually, with the social security budget estimated at almost 37.7 trillion Japanese yen for fiscal 2024.
Distribution of the government's general account budget expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2024, by program
Characteristic
Social security
National debt service
Local allocation tax grants, etc.
Public works
Education and science
National defense
Others
Contingency funds for COVID-19 and soaring crude oil and commodity prices*
Contingency funds for economic emergency
Contingency fund to address soaring crude oil and commodity prices and to promote wage increases
fiscal year 2016 to 2024; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
initial budget
Supplementary notes
*Funds were reserved for measures against COVID-19 in 2021 and 2022. From 2023, it was extended to include countermeasures for soaring crude oil and commodity prices.
Japan's national budget consists of the general account, special accounts, and the budget for government-affiliated agencies. The general account covers core national expenditures such as public works, social security, education and science, national defense or local allocation tax grants.
Figures prior to the fiscal year 2024 come from the previous reporting.
Missing or exceeding percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 20, 2024). Distribution of the government's general account budget expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2024, by program [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/630125/japan-general-account-program-expenditure-share/
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2024). Distribution of the government's general account budget expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2024, by program. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630125/japan-general-account-program-expenditure-share/
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Distribution of the government's general account budget expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2024, by program [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/630125/japan-general-account-program-expenditure-share/
