Japan: general account social security spending 2022

In the fiscal year 2022, the initial general account budget of the Japanese national government for social security expenditures was set at more than 36 trillion Japanese yen. The revised budget of the previous fiscal year was recorded as close to 47 trillion yen.
As Japan faces a rapidly aging society, pension and national medical expenses for the elderly in particular account for the largest share of the social security budget.

Social security expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen)

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2013 to 2022; 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.

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 from fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 come from previous reporting.
Values have been rounded.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.74 U.S. dollars or 0.70 euros as of December 2022.

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