How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Romania?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP — Social expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Romania: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)

Japan

1.98 Percentage of GDP

in 2022

Romania

2.27 Percentage of GDP

in 2021

Japan rank

17th

Romania rank

14th

Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time

Japan
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 2.27 Percentage of GDP against 1.98 Percentage of GDP in Japan, a difference of 0.29 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 17th and Romania ranks 14th of 33 countries.

Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Romania	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.6679 Percentage of GDP	1.59 Percentage of GDP	0.9255 Percentage of GDP	Romania
2010s	1.36 Percentage of GDP	1.67 Percentage of GDP	0.3127 Percentage of GDP	Romania
2020s	2.11 Percentage of GDP	2.27 Percentage of GDP	0.1615 Percentage of GDP	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in), Japan or Romania?: Romania, at 2.27 Percentage of GDP against 1.98 Percentage of GDP in Japan as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Japan and Romania?: 0.29 Percentage of GDP, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Romania?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Japan and Romania rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?: Japan ranks 17th and Romania ranks 14th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP — Social expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP — Social expenditure
Unit: Percentage of GDP
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 43 places, 1,481 data points, 1980–2023
Last refreshed: 19 August 2026

The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.