I. Summary of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit, FY 2012


Section 1 of the summary presents the total amount of the Social Expenditure based on OECD standard and Social Benefit. Then, Section 2 shows data on the Social Expenditure based on ILO standard in a way that allows international comparison. Social Expenditure includes expenses that are not directly transferred to individuals such as facility maintenance costs in addition to benefit payments. Finally, Section 3 presents data on Social Benefit shows benefits directly transferred to individuals and their source of revenue.

1.
Total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit

(1) Social Expenditure
  • The total amount of Social Expenditure in fiscal year 2012 was 112,747.5 billion yen.
  • Social Expenditure increased by 0.6% in fiscal year 2012 compared with the previous year. The percentage share of the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) was 23.86%.
  • Average Social Expenditure per head of population was 884,200 yen, and the average expenditure per household was 2,276,600 yen.
(2) Social Benefit
  • The total amount of Social Benefit was 108,556.8 billion yen.
  • Social Benefit increased by 1.0% in fiscal year 2012 compared with the previous fiscal year. The percentage share of the GDP was 22.97%.
  • Average Social Benefit per head of population was 851,300 yen, and the average expenditure per household was 2,192,000 yen.

Table 1.Total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit
The total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit
Note: 
Social Expenditure includes, in addition to Social Benefit, expenditure not directly spent on individuals such as expenditure on equipping facilities. Refer to the Appendix 2 for more details.

Table 2. Social Expenditure and Social Benefit as a percentage of GDP and NI
Social Expenditure and Social Benefit as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product and the National Insurance
Source: 
GDP and NI: "Annual Report on the National Accounts Statistics 2014" (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan). Hereafer the same.

Table 3. Social Expenditure and Social Benefit per head of population and household
Social Expenditure and Social Benefit per head of population and per household
Note: 
Social Expenditure per household=(Average number of household member in households)×Social Expenditure per head of population. The same method was used to calculate Social Benefit per household.
Source: 
Population - "Current Population Estimates as of October 1, 2012", Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Average number of people in households - "Comprehensive Survey of Living Condition 2012", Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

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