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The Financial Statistics of Social Security in Japan FY 2017
Summary
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From I, II, III and IV, you can download Excel files linked with the contents.
CONTENTS
Preface
I. Summary of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit, FY 2017
1.Total amount of Social Expenditure and Social Benefit(Excel)
(1)Social Expenditure
(2)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 person and per household
2.Social Expenditure and its international comparison(Excel)
(1)Social Expenditure by policy areas
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
(2)International comparison of Social Expenditure
Figure 2 International comparison of Social Expenditure by policy area as a percentage of GDP, FY2015
Table 6 International comparison of Social Expenditure, FY 2015
Figure 3 International comparison of Social Expenditure by percentage of policy area, FY 2015
3.Social Benefit and its source of revenue(Excel)
(1)Social Benefit by category
Table 7 Social Benefit by category
Table 8 Social Benefit by category as a percentage of GDP and NI
Figure 4 Social Benefit by category, FY 1970 - 2017
(2)Social Benefit by functional category
Table 9 Social Benefit by functional category
Table 10 Social Benefit by functional category as a percentage of GDP and NI
Figure 5 Social Benefit by functional category, FY 1994 - 2017
(3)Social Security Revenue
Table 11 Social Security Revenue by source
Figure 6 Diagram of Social Security Revenue and Social Benefit based on the ILO Standards, FY 2017
II. Summary Tables
Summary Table 1 Social Expenditure Summary Table, FY2017
Summary Table 2 Social Benefit Balance Table, FY2017
III. Time Series Table
Table 1 Social Expenditure by policy area, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 2 Social Expenditure by policy area as a percentage of GDP, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 3 Rates of increase in Social Expenditure and GDP from the previous year, FY 1981- 2017
Table 4 Social Expenditure and GDP per person, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 5 International comparison of Social Expenditure by policy area, FY 2012 -2017
Table 6 International comparison of Social Expenditure by percentage of policy area, FY 2012 - 2017
Table 7 International comparison of Social Expenditure by policy area as a percentage of GDP, FY 2012 - 2017
Table 8 Social Benefit by category, FY 1950 - 2017
Table 9 Social Benefit by category as a percentage of GDP, FY 1951 - 2017
Table10 Social Benefit by category as a percentage of NI, FY 1951 - 2017
Table11 Annual rates of increase in Social Benefit, GDP, and NI, FY 1951 - 2017
Table12 Social Benefit, GDP, and NI per person, FY 1951 - 2017
Table13 Social Benefit by functional category, FY 1994 - 2017
Table14 Social Security Revenue by source, FY 1951 - 2017
IV. Appendix
1. Description of the main terms used
2. Data description
3. Relationship with the System of National Accounts
4. Contents of the data on the Homepage
[These statistical data are not contained in the report but are available on the web only.]
Table 15 Appendix Table 1 for Social Benefit (Other Schemes)
Table 16 Appendix Table 2 for Social Benefit (Long-term Care Insurance)
Table 17 Appendix Table 3 for Social Benefit (Transfer Between Schemes)
Table 18 Social Expenditure and Social Benefit per household, FY 1953 - 2017
Table 19 Social Benefit for the elderly, FY 1973 - 2017
Table 20 Social Benefit for children and families, FY 1975 - 2017
Table 21 Social Benefit by institutional scheme, FY 1989 - 2017
Table 22 Social Expenditure by detailed policy area, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 23 Social Expenditure by social policy area and social security scheme, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 24 International comparison of Social Expenditure, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 25 International comparison of Social Expenditure as a percentage of GDP, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 26 International comparison of Social Expenditure as a percentage of NI, FY 1980 - 2017
Table 27 Social Benefit Balance Table (based on the 18th International Inquiry), FY1969 - 2017
Table 28 Social Benefit Balance Table (based on the 18th International Inquiry) by social security scheme
Part 1 : FY 1969 - 1988
Part 2 : FY 1989 - 2017
Table 29 Social Benefit Balance Table (based on the 19th International Inquiry) by detailed functional category, FY 1994 - 2017
Table 30 Social Benefit Balance Table (based on the 19th International Inquiry) by detailed functional category and social security scheme, FY 1994 - 2017
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