When the Social Security Expenditure of various countries is compared against their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), that of Japan is higher than the United States but lower than Europe. We see a similar trend in terms of the burden, as well as invisible burden of tax and social contribution to the National Income in Japan. (Reference Figure 1)
Reference Figure 1 International comparison of social expenditures and visible tax and social contributions ratio to the National Income in FY 2007
Reference Table 2 International comparison of social expenditures and visible tax and social contributions ratio to the National Income in FY 2007
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OECD Social Expenditure Database 2010 ed.
The national income and GDP of Japan are from the “System of National Accounts 2011” Cabinet Economic and Social Research Institute, those of other countries are from the “OECD National Accounts 2011”
(as are all listed below).
The tax and social contributions to national income are presented by the Ministry of Finance, Japanese Government. |
Reference Figure 2 International Comparison of Social Expenditure by Policy Area in FY 2007
Reference Table 3-1 International Comparison of Social
Expenditure per National Income in FY 2007
Reference Table 3-2 International Comparison of Social
Expenditure per GDP in FY 2007
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The OECD Social Expenditure Database has no estimates of revenue data.
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Reference Chart 4 Definitions of OECD of Social Expenditure by policy area
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OECD Definitions are followed by the OECD Social Expenditure.
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Schemes as of 2007 are included in “examples in Japan”.
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The Japanese translation of "9. Other social policy areas" are "Social Assistance and others" with a reference to the included major schemes.
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