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Japan Budget Spending by Purpose

Expenditure side of Japan's general account budget classified by purpose since fiscal 1997: government organs, local government finance, defence, national land conservation and development, industry and economy, education and culture, social security, pensions, debt service and reserves, with sub-items.

Source: 財務省 財政統計(予算決算等データ)Last updated: Sep 24, 2026, 09:40Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator202620252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997
Total expenditure12
Government organs65,364,197.467,040,256.756,375,020.376,694,012.175,951,463.997,454,794.986,422,556.325,443,811.794,976,722.85,025,141.515,097,415.955,140,417.675,099,139.64,917,327.034,531,766.445,306,522.774,798,968.315,425,708.514,515,840.14,570,543.024,508,658.574,457,799.334,448,658.684,340,999.514,365,441.094,809,701.474,876,208.444,321,230.474,414,202.14,117,423.65
National Diet135,133.75140,953.97133,575.51132,423.87132,227.95132,616.45130,529.12148,818.57140,911.95138,868.85136,891.99135,858.2137,059.35131,266.29132,409.1138,661.31148,849.4144,903.61127,287.1127,359.4126,734.21127,810.14129,139.97129,618.84133,212.66144,197.61150,867.23142,955.8145,643.2126,808.49
Justice, police and fire services1,680,047.311,828,100.341,795,947.071,679,104.391,659,977.241,670,551.561,761,227.361,738,217.741,681,828.051,637,751.21,633,458.551,545,762.131,535,451.111,461,615.661,545,648.711,716,964.811,475,677.291,722,1711,484,709.311,469,134.891,492,360.781,412,951.41,446,400.591,383,429.831,407,932.71,450,134.811,443,373.551,413,642.661,455,487.951,319,335.89
Foreign affairs812,988.04984,402.23991,423.871,119,876.271,057,318.41892,163.381,041,893.13885,204.52880,873878,959.38937,028.7924,424.01882,498.03857,693.91831,556.12848,928.23877,561.39981,722.02913,209.77884,421.74867,150.57827,439.19809,844.54890,700.29825,571.65871,696.78873,594.44881,619.36862,457.22845,770.1
General administration1,967,629.223,184,860.772,672,602.392,996,365.972,292,841.523,931,066.162,631,769.131,779,273.641,445,960.251,557,449.151,521,078.441,718,595.41,732,480.081,657,576.131,252,577.231,773,131.051,417,903.21,686,806.111,164,335.391,199,321.421,196,607.341,269,759.821,176,203.691,118,027.381,191,845.681,463,170.431,523,426.61,093,959.851,105,510.721,066,296.11
Tax collection738,225.84803,266.95752,955.43741,898.04723,954.91729,991.12827,633.82807,627.95802,177.84790,853.86793,749.91794,582.68790,452.9738,287.28748,536.99807,108.98806,563.85793,544.81802,986.12806,924.87798,853.05791,381.24794,737.93787,584.46798,448.85808,603.83801,815.41780,318.93780,740.89750,681.69
Other government organs30,173.3198,672.4928,516.1124,343.6385,143.9698,406.3129,503.7684,669.3824,971.7121,259.0675,208.3521,195.2521,198.1270,887.7621,038.3121,728.3972,413.1796,560.9523,312.483,380.726,952.6328,457.5492,331.9631,638.718,429.5571,898.0283,131.218,733.8864,362.128,531.37
Local government finance20,945,861.9420,248,772.8619,692,738.2617,256,746.0617,591,545.6319,634,443.9516,333,966.9716,112,465.3816,109,092.1515,652,517.0415,428,034.2816,894,208.4717,193,027.4317,575,448.4516,900,508.9819,470,914.7618,810,615.316,596,211.3715,702,983.8114,955,425.0916,817,605.8117,504,732.0117,704,252.3417,427,351.6216,501,087.2816,725,786.2515,849,373.6713,105,216.9814,326,375.5215,503,556.35
Defence8,993,314.329,521,085.638,753,869.747,615,811.785,826,046.256,103,458.495,689,576.865,688,388.655,652,013.165,364,862.285,247,912.475,182,182.515,098,746.174,876,192.724,835,616.295,119,315.254,806,144.334,840,1664,838,542.194,862,359.194,891,302.274,919,010.074,936,378.654,927,008.374,944,722.174,999,240.744,958,452.234,941,488.674,986,917.594,979,012.58
National land conservation and development46,167,667.068,678,069.558,365,582.858,181,426.087,973,646.538,117,554.829,366,714.758,496,928.887,624,602.626,987,649.757,550,996.826,513,555.366,314,305.386,155,249.976,891,593.68,107,410.986,184,837.177,909,621.526,581,251.726,677,195.787,003,690.987,564,723.538,732,837.697,203,624.788,742,295.948,462,208.549,806,333.0510,392,764.3112,702,117.478,851,098.16
Land conservation1,102,484.021,569,556.821,560,288.431,538,959.591,490,178.461,470,718.881,823,387.511,559,859.241,230,113.031,066,730.811,123,8671,055,550.851,002,904.11907,130.961,131,032.191,002,773.54848,7091,627,518.721,151,373.551,168,766.661,201,702.741,400,998.031,510,713.881,281,183.281,684,822.861,522,927.591,878,337.011,870,241.942,276,815.31,654,833.77
Land development4,800,261.246,122,884.126,058,110.075,914,875.865,774,407.495,920,186.546,615,535.096,161,428.735,528,276.85,342,352.035,723,600.395,072,184.964,885,157.64,900,539.075,369,293.974,248,668.595,022,197.545,945,024.294,921,009.025,012,561.585,214,339.425,543,249.436,097,841.085,471,590.816,612,375.856,401,880.077,335,260.217,587,029.349,565,152.516,645,054.55
Disaster countermeasures68,431.97652,628.24521,865.11481,822.09456,316.48477,613.69678,612.88543,400.88637,031.99374,758.82484,833.82174,679.07204,368.07210,714.07247,552.872,555,282.32144,334.07135,361.04285,551.08281,433.01371,468.7403,819.22922,703.73286,515.57278,333.14383,404.76439,478.79588,955.42699,464.35421,570.06
Other land conservation and development196,489.83333,000.37225,319.25245,768.54252,744.1249,035.71249,179.27232,240.03229,180.8203,808.09218,695.62211,140.49221,875.6136,865.88143,714.57300,686.54169,596.57201,717.47223,318.08214,434.54216,180.13216,656.85201,579.01164,335.12166,764.09153,996.13153,257.05346,537.61160,685.3129,639.77
Industry and economy42,683,326.36,057,326.627,227,826.586,862,398.0615,079,197.449,137,829.4234,804,428.984,364,534.553,372,094.673,287,148.13,867,207.513,274,193.653,698,280.763,478,892.784,558,350.027,199,199.413,854,095.758,146,513.284,085,968.993,218,761.322,805,720.183,059,331.713,272,784.53,218,443.833,671,915.755,924,041.764,148,817.094,116,858.495,142,679.143,278,915.9
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries1,391,168.171,887,262.851,820,443.841,839,640.611,884,228.991,913,738.922,302,340.731,687,387.481,681,646.41,683,982.741,753,923.551,712,406.251,653,244.861,667,388.541,784,475.232,423,145.531,658,196.611,786,067.831,578,922.131,409,097.821,115,085.271,172,786.731,220,280.061,116,009.591,194,928.691,144,109.031,240,168.071,191,051.481,351,366.361,234,533.55
Commerce, industry and mining937,053.463,412,917.734,835,862.964,503,666.812,607,518.646,490,939.430,931,307.062,355,550.521,412,389.311,320,378.461,815,664.441,272,022.891,720,958.191,504,483.052,295,723.624,386,262.11,872,030.725,624,853.872,151,198.431,454,439.251,046,751.291,058,862.141,214,014.61,136,915.961,579,234.081,431,763.521,988,374.221,922,710.112,392,809.331,318,990.83
Transport and communications245,624.04627,709.49441,367.6419,155.72493,855.71647,295.361,474,812.27243,747.39200,979.83206,942.26217,040.39200,566.5216,688.84216,347.92305,936.2269,165.34243,508621,911.4259,159.8217,120.25252,846.25279,896.81324,550.48300,306.1293,826.39251,570.33343,747.59318,747.66445,107.2207,922.29
Commodity supply and price stabilisation109,480.63129,436.56130,152.1899,934.9493,594.185,855.7595,968.9377,849.1677,079.1375,844.6480,579.1389,198.02107,388.8890,673.27172,214.97120,626.4580,360.43113,680.1896,688.63117,818342,983.37369,149.56393,774.36501,608.4458,402.6442,853.26416,994.21414,616.25411,403.25345,928.24
Education and culture45,724,711.367,046,9066,111,773.036,567,805.197,423,492.976,913,254.026,977,538.595,913,461.335,578,360.395,415,036.855,565,858.295,249,467.325,371,273.465,449,115.276,107,134.696,166,501.755,537,766.916,018,488.435,417,927.75,298,778.255,155,726.325,849,147.976,012,772.036,068,896.156,568,949.096,415,339.66,647,010.16,661,836.77,197,590.046,245,782.79
School education4,418,107.854,901,359.534,287,317.264,170,423.014,449,486.344,235,627.324,439,806.794,223,145.674,112,567.64,027,561.914,140,993.483,977,499.464,076,205.454,125,250.944,556,460.294,505,700.094,263,676.564,312,274.114,124,682.444,053,459.854,082,027.484,801,120.344,922,949.465,074,191.385,544,188.285,483,782.975,587,474.635,593,519.745,994,984.965,409,890.58
Social education and culture156,662.87219,443.06214,834.19184,755.37226,951.78250,717.21358,809.92157,751.67157,622.38182,040.48168,382.36145,866.86164,779.52144,332.76156,953.52151,392.86144,440.66295,504.11158,923.57141,847.88135,854.9141,528.16137,545.6134,745.17129,156.68124,784.18159,854.32147,571.65213,528.54143,954.97
Promotion of science1,149,513.191,907,728.731,587,554.912,209,223.172,733,981.42,423,572.392,173,443.51,505,552.441,285,015.741,197,906.441,226,636.971,123,850.651,128,662.311,178,233.651,392,260.181,251,748.231,129,055.931,410,116.461,133,784.341,102,132.31936,771.52905,084.87931,271.27857,823.09894,804.53803,054.63897,841.14918,834986,321.84687,767.85
Disaster countermeasures for education427.4518,374.6922,066.663,403.6313,073.453,337.15,478.3827,011.5523,154.687,528.0329,845.482,250.351,626.181,297.921,460.71257,660.57593.75593.75537.351,338.211,072.421,414.6121,005.72,136.51799.63,717.821,8401,911.312,754.74,169.39
Social security739,672,271.8141,924,932.7639,590,489.4539,073,105.9441,794,422.6647,666,229.4344,780,138.4234,676,229.4533,604,404.733,088,957.9333,179,214.0832,755,613.7731,233,558.3829,999,243.0130,000,508.0631,916,630.1129,286,211.1430,383,936.7823,908,537.4122,423,218.2521,972,114.6122,225,335.1421,919,266.5521,067,234.3121,227,849.421,008,817.8919,792,958.1421,296,729.9518,502,019.2217,434,680.26
Social insurance28,881,687.5528,672,592.728,076,634.5727,419,601.7627,505,234.0129,021,195.4227,185,316.4825,553,089.124,920,963.0224,608,660.4524,269,897.0323,922,034.9223,402,087.9322,453,123.4522,539,862.5522,136,334.3221,454,838.8221,657,597.9217,803,027.2516,968,711.7516,425,273.2616,126,803.8615,769,161.0215,241,391.9314,844,788.5514,666,688.6811,482,581.1810,863,443.69,033,974.89,252,523.16
Public assistance2,848,264.722,926,727.422,833,483.322,830,316.122,833,897.962,844,087.772,821,365.32,835,461.142,852,288.262,884,451.022,879,551.032,875,098.862,859,704.752,813,272.472,809,191.752,732,261.282,459,870.812,290,361.252,047,260.621,982,010.522,006,226.941,973,779.71,952,749.571,810,222.571,676,919.111,581,977.271,483,656.291,397,044.041,298,591.21,248,688.18
Social welfare4,323,3385,001,781.054,254,503.223,876,351.133,921,624.66,857,305.384,711,665.042,826,649.62,641,626.753,356,926.023,564,453.393,673,424.182,651,151.182,368,272.72,201,340.62,291,597.172,173,351.932,698,718.392,133,081.181,706,412.481,711,829.351,942,853.971,857,918.591,886,407.541,944,638.871,927,904.064,142,974.995,928,543.775,002,766.54,445,983
Housing156,219279,481.42315,278.13333,611.98330,316.51218,779158,833168,522156,771160,267191,807188,320270,296157,273150,082304,166227,6621,146,134671,211.83685,256717,900.3830,821.04921,698.11930,393.25979,868.021,152,771.181,321,286.551,507,428.711,671,435.681,368,665.67
Unemployment measures22,802.1125,351.7926,234.427,472.5383,695.79332,516.36402,983.1321,495.8119,773.1218,407.9924,666.8822,503.8829,160.58170,089.79209,311.77467,918.56335,318.43831,251.8185,333.2837,416.3441,589.8740,550.1440,944.8242,104.13546,596.1412,279.8281,027.18443,108.13133,442.6536,081.1
Public health686,204.252,180,687.261,210,845.341,976,933.334,407,254.255,695,313.36,833,839.07813,045.26739,228.35695,158.68713,605.07660,042.68605,001.65580,893.63621,954.57698,977.23953,071.571,363,318.88679,246.16640,079.16703,318.96858,392.33890,620.01840,131.17912,991.76950,776.121,051,735.651,032,053.561,240,266.6973,524.74
Other social security2,753,756.182,838,311.112,873,510.472,608,819.12,712,399.532,697,032.212,666,136.412,457,966.552,273,754.211,365,086.781,535,233.691,414,189.251,416,156.291,456,317.981,468,764.833,285,375.561,682,097.59396,554.55389,377.08403,332365,975.92452,134.1486,174.44316,583.72322,047.01316,420.75229,696.3125,108.13121,541.79109,214.41
Pensions for former public servants (onkyu)48,297.861,561.9676,602.3695,926.54120,851.91144,541.1173,908.88208,543.32249,116.91293,639.33341,034.01392,031.53443,386.2502,850.5569,665.15642,125.49713,567.91786,583.64851,445.67948,097.92998,051.351,068,450.721,131,194.611,201,939.231,271,878.861,355,230.241,424,841.091,477,635.041,530,422.211,596,643.86
Debt service31,275,78128,189,785.0725,908,142.8225,674,763.0624,071,662.7624,705,122.6723,024,585.2422,506,242.1122,741,322.2822,707,792.8322,335,185.3922,906,984.5722,509,604.4521,810,740.9321,545,295.8720,269,303.1120,235,956.3719,251,492.6119,940,082.4220,467,58418,915,109.0719,620,326.8418,278,442.3116,082,418.5716,060,542.6216,284,001.1821,446,082.3120,271,924.418,150,013.0716,268,093.3
Reserve for the Middle East situation2,500,000
General contingency reserve1,513,504.631,449,255.61,000,000500,000900,000500,000500,000500,000450,000300,000300,000350,000250,000300,000350,000350,000300,000250,000250,000250,000250,000300,000300,000250,000200,000250,000200,000200,000150,000150,000
Other expenditure533,817.993,283,267.042,412,928.276,558,404.951,627,238.967,221,989.8217,964,352.36741,059.611,000,331.59986,741.941,035,455.971,004,620.111,789,015.883,011,906.823,336,210.352,396,868.691,200,555.42,949,433.42,818,632.73132,228.47140,363.86135,970.18142,116.03151,652.52134,302.13118,186.81120,150.791,733,211.67889,148.24107,953.16

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Social security stood at 39,672,271.81 million yen in 2026. That is −5.4% from 2025. The series on this page is annual and runs from 1997 to 2026.

Latest
39,672,271.81 million yen
2026
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−5.4%
2025

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Expenditure side of Japan's general account budget classified by purpose since fiscal 1997: government organs, local government finance, defence, national land conservation and development, industry and economy, education and culture, social security, pensions, debt service and reserves, with sub-items. Figures are budgets after supplementary budgets for Japan's general account; the fiscal year runs from April to March and is labelled by the year in which it starts. Source: Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Statistics.

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