Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Japan
Japan: Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.2914 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Japan, 2005–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Japan recorded 0.2914 for social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Japan peaked at 0.2914 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2155, in 2007.
Japan ranks 46th of 60 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.2192 | — |
| 2006 | 0.2157 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.2155 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2201 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2677 | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2638 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2814 | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 0.2788 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2638 | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2718 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2699 | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2732 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2702 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.269 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.275 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2914 | +6.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 0.2914 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4018, 73% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Japan's 0.2914 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.886, 33% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2276 | 0.2155 | 0.2677 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.2717 | 0.2638 | 0.2814 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2914 | 0.2914 | 0.2914 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More public sector data for Japan
- Arms imports 977.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 7.88 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 977.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 445.85 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0132 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 55.27 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 2,625 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Japan?
- Social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Japan was 0.2914 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2914 in 2020.
- What is the lowest social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2155 in 2007.
- How does Japan rank for social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Japan ranks 46th out of 60 countries with data for 2020.
- Is social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.