• Japan: general account social security spending 2020

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The initial general account budget of the national government for social security expenditures in Japan was set at almost 36 trillion Japanese yen in 2020, a record high within the last decade. The Japanese archipelago is facing a rapidly aging society, in which pension and medical insurance expenditures for the elderly in particular are accounting for the largest share of the social security budget.

Social security expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2011 to 2020 (in trillion Japanese yen)

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2010 to 2019; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Supplementary notes

*Revised budget.
**Initial budget. Excluding Temporal and Special Measures.
According to the source, 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 or social security.

Data prior to 2016 comes from previous reporting.
1 Japanese yen equals 0.0095 U.S. dollars or 0.0081 euros as of October 2020.
Values have been rounded.