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Section 1 of the summary presents the total amount of the Social Expenditure and Social Benefit. Then, Section 2 shows data on the Social Expenditure based on the OECD standards 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 based on the ILO standards; hence, in this section, we show benefits directly transferred to individuals and their source of revenue.
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Total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit
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Social Expenditure
- The total amount of Social Expenditure in fiscal year 2011 was 112,043.7 billion yen.
- Social Expenditure increased by 2.9% in fiscal year 2011 compared with the previous year. The percentage share of the Gross Domestic Product was 23.67%.
- Social Expenditure per head of population was estimated at 876,700 yen, and the average expenditure per household was 2,264,300 yen.
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Social Benefit
- The total amount of Social Benefit was 107,495.0 billion yen.
- Social Benefit increased by 2.7% in fiscal year 2011 compared with the previous year. The percentage share of the Gross Domestic Product was 22.71%.
- Social Bxpenditure per head of population was estimated at 841,100 yen, and the average expenditure per household was 2,172,400 yen.
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Table 1.Total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit
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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 National Income
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GDP and NI: "Annual Report on the National Accounts Statistics 2013" (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan). Hereafer the same.
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Table 3. Social Expenditure and Social Benefit per head of population and household
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Social Expenditure per household=(Average number of people in households)×Social Expenditure per head of population. The same method was used to calculate Social Benefit per household.
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Population - "Current Population Estimates as of October 1, 2011", Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Average number of people in households - "Comprehensive Survey of Living Condition 2011", Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
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