In the fiscal year 2019, public welfare spending of Japanese local governments amounted to approximately 26.5 trillion Japanese yen, followed by education expenditures of around 17.5 trillion yen. That year, the total spending of local governments reached over 99.7 trillion yen.
Expenditure of local governments in Japan in fiscal year 2019, by program
(in trillion Japanese yen)
fiscal years 2019; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
According to the source, the figures are based on ordinary accounts and are settled figures of the net total of prefectural and municipal government accounts after deducting duplications. The breakdown consists of major items only.
Figures have been rounded.
1 Japanese yen equals 0.0091 U.S. dollars or 0.0077 euros as of September 2021.
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (September 21, 2021). Expenditure of local governments in Japan in fiscal year 2019, by program (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/631093/japan-local-government-expenditure-by-program/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Expenditure of local governments in Japan in fiscal year 2019, by program (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/631093/japan-local-government-expenditure-by-program/
Statistics Bureau Japan. (2021). Expenditure of local governments in Japan in fiscal year 2019, by program (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/631093/japan-local-government-expenditure-by-program/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Expenditure of Local Governments in Japan in Fiscal Year 2019, by Program (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/631093/japan-local-government-expenditure-by-program/
Statistics Bureau Japan, Expenditure of local governments in Japan in fiscal year 2019, by program (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/631093/japan-local-government-expenditure-by-program/ (last visited June 25, 2022)
