Contents of The Financial Statistics of Social Security in Japan FY 2012

Preface

Financial Statistics of Social Security in Japan

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

1. Total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit

Table 1 Total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit

Table 2 Social Expenditure and Social Benefit as a percentage of GDP and NI

Table 3 Social Expenditure and Social Benefit per head of population and household

2. Social Expenditure and its international comparison

Table 4 Social Expenditure by policy area

Table 5 Social Expenditure by policy area as a percentage of GDP

Figure 1 Trends of Social Expenditure by policy area in Japan

Figure 2 International comparison of Social Expenditure by Policy area, FY2011

Table 6 International comparison of Social Expenditure, FY 2011

Figure 3 International comparison of Social Expenditure by policy area, FY 2011

3. Social Benefit and its source of revenue

Table 7 Social Benefit by category

Table 8 Social Benefit by category as a percentage of GDP (NI)

Figure 4 Social Benefit by category, FY 1970-2012

Table 9 Social Benefit by functional category

Table 10 Social Benefit by functional category as a percentage of GDP (NI)

Figure 5 Social Benefit by functional category, FY 2008-2012

Table 11 Social Security Revenue by source

Figure 6 Diagram of Social Security Revenue and Social Benefit based on the ILO Standards, FY 2012

II. Summary Tables

Summary Table 1 Social Expenditure Summary Table, FY2012

Summary Table 2 Social Benefit Balance Table, FY2012

III. Time Series Table

Table 1 Social Expenditure by social policy area, FY 1980-2012

Table 2 Social Expenditure by social policy area (as a percentage of GDP),
FY 1980-2012

Table 3 Rates of increase in Social Expenditure and GDP from the previous year,
FY 1981-2012

Table 4 Social Expenditure and GDP per head of population, FY1980-2012

Table 5 International comparison of Social Expenditure by social policy area,
FY 2007-2012

Table 6 International comparison of Social Expenditure by social policy area (composite rate), FY 2007-2012

Table 7 International comparison of Social Expenditure by social policy area (as a percentage of GDP), FY 2007-2012

Table 8 Social Benefit by category, FY 1950-2012

Table 9 Social Benefit by category (as a percentage of GDP), FY 1951-2012

Table 10 Social Benefit by category (as a percentage of NI), FY 1951-2012

Table 11 Annual rates of increase in Social Benefit, GDP, and NI, FY 1951-2012

Table 12 Social Benefit, GDP, and NI per head of population

Table 13 Social Benefit by functional category, FY 2008-2012

Table 14 Social Security Revenue by source, FY 1951-2012

IV. Appendix

1. Description of the main terms used

2. Description of Social Expenditure by policy area

3. Description of functional categories in Social Benefit

4. Schemes of which the information on the settlement of account are used for the Financial Statistics of Social Security

5. The relationship between the Financial Statistics of Social Security and the System of National Accounts (SNA)

6. Contents of web- only statistics

[These statistical data are not contained in the report but are available on the web only]

Table 15. Social Benefit Balance Table (Other Schemes)

Table 16. Social Expenditure and Social Benefit per household, FY 1953-2012

Table 17. Total population used to calculate figures per person

Table 18. Social Benefit for elderly, FY 1973-2012

Table 19. Social Benefit for children and families, FY 1975-2012

Table 20. Social Benefit by institutional scheme, FY 1969-2012

Table 21. Social Security Revenue by source, FY 1994-2012, based on "The Cost of Social Security 19th International Inquiry" (ILO)

Table 22. Social Security Revenue in FY 2012, based on "The Cost of Social Security 19th International Inquiry" (ILO) - Basic table

Table 23. Social Benefit by functional category in FY 2012, based on "The Cost of Social Security 19th International Inquiry" (ILO) - Basic table

Table 24. Public Social Expenditure and Mandatory Private Social Expenditure by social policy area, FY 1980-2012

Table 25. International comparison of Social Expenditure as a percentage of GDP, FY 1980-2012

Table 26. GDP Trends in Japan and other countries, FY 1980-2012

Table 27. International comparison of Social Expenditure as a percentage of NI, FY 1980-2012

Table 28. NI Trends in Japan and other countries, FY 1980-2012

Table 29. Percentage of population aged 65 or over in Japan and other countries - Trends and future projection

Table 30. Unemployment rates in Japan and other countries

Table 31. International comparison of Tax Burden and Social Security Contributions (as a ratio to NI)

Table 32. National Medical Care Expenditures by defrayer, FY 1954-2012

Symbols contained in the Tables are shown below:

No figure Minimum ratio when less than 0.05 Estimated figure when less than half the unit used in the Table Reduced figure (ratio)

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