Japan vs United Kingdom: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time
- Japan
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.98 Percentage of GDP against 1.85 Percentage of GDP in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.13 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Japan ranks 17th and United Kingdom ranks 20th of 33 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4059 Percentage of GDP | 2.1 Percentage of GDP | 1.7 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 1990s | 0.4296 Percentage of GDP | 2.06 Percentage of GDP | 1.63 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 0.6679 Percentage of GDP | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | 2.22 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 1.36 Percentage of GDP | 3.42 Percentage of GDP | 2.07 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 2.06 Percentage of GDP | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | 0.0253 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
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 United Kingdom?
- Japan, at 1.98 Percentage of GDP against 1.85 Percentage of GDP in United Kingdom as of 2022.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Japan and United Kingdom?
- 0.13 Percentage of GDP, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United Kingdom?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
- How do Japan and United Kingdom rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
- Japan ranks 17th and United Kingdom ranks 20th 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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About this data
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.