• Japan: general account education spending 2020

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The initial budget of the national government's general account for education and science expenditures was set at around 5.51 trillion Japanese yen in 2020, down from approximately 6.3 trillion yen in the previous year. The education budget is one of the largest budgets of the national government's general account and focuses on the promotion of culture, education and science in Japan.

Education and science 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 2011 to 2020; 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 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.