Japan - Domestic general government health expenditure

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in Japan was 83.86 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 84.26 in 2013, while its lowest value was 79.96 in 2003.

Definition: Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health. Domestic public sources include domestic revenue as internal transfers and grants, transfers, subsidies to voluntary health insurance beneficiaries, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) or enterprise financing schemes as well as compulsory prepayment and social health insurance contributions. They do not include external resources spent by governments on health.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 80.43
2001 80.96
2002 80.75
2003 79.96
2004 80.27
2005 81.17
2006 80.32
2007 81.25
2008 81.17
2009 81.29
2010 81.93
2011 83.74
2012 83.93
2013 84.26
2014 84.12
2015 84.08
2016 84.04
2017 84.21
2018 83.77
2019 83.86

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Japan was 9.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 9.04 in 2015, while its lowest value was 5.66 in 2000.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of the economy as measured by GDP.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 5.66
2001 5.86
2002 5.94
2003 5.99
2004 6.05
2005 6.22
2006 6.17
2007 6.32
2008 6.57
2009 7.28
2010 7.43
2011 8.78
2012 8.96
2013 8.99
2014 9.03
2015 9.04
2016 8.96
2017 8.97
2018 9.00
2019 9.01

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Japan was 24.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 24.34 in 2018, while its lowest value was 15.31 in 2000.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 15.31
2001 16.08
2002 16.12
2003 16.40
2004 17.22
2005 17.78
2006 17.90
2007 18.27
2008 18.13
2009 18.08
2010 18.94
2011 21.73
2012 22.26
2013 22.27
2014 22.62
2015 23.21
2016 23.21
2017 24.32
2018 24.34
2019 24.21

Domestic general government health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Domestic general government health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Japan was 3,657 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 4,375 in 2012 and 1,942 in 2002.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources per capita expressed in current US dollars.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 2,204
2001 2,008
2002 1,942
2003 2,113
2004 2,309
2005 2,340
2006 2,212
2007 2,253
2008 2,609
2009 2,997
2010 3,327
2011 4,260
2012 4,375
2013 3,654
2014 3,448
2015 3,139
2016 3,508
2017 3,471
2018 3,565
2019 3,657

Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

The latest value for Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Japan was 3,847 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,847 in 2019 and 1,535 in 2000.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity (PPP).

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 1,535
2001 1,630
2002 1,693
2003 1,756
2004 1,859
2005 1,991
2006 2,066
2007 2,203
2008 2,307
2009 2,435
2010 2,615
2011 3,164
2012 3,347
2013 3,520
2014 3,545
2015 3,672
2016 3,617
2017 3,704
2018 3,796
2019 3,847

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems