Japan vs Mexico: Social spending as share of GDP
Japan
0.6%
in 2022
Mexico
0.7%
in 2023
Japan rank
15th
Mexico rank
13th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Japan
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 13th of 42 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Mexico in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Mexico |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Mexico |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Japan or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Japan and Mexico?
- 0.1%, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mexico?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Mexico rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Japan ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 13th of 42 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Social spending as share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Public social expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes both in-cash and in-kind benefits in other social policy programs.