Japan vs Türkiye: Social expenditure aggregates

Japan
24.74 Percentage of GDP
in 2022
Türkiye
10.36 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Japan rank
10th
Türkiye rank
7th

Social expenditure aggregates over time

  • Japan
  • Türkiye
0510152025198020022024

How they compare

Japan currently reports 24.74 Percentage of GDP against 10.36 Percentage of GDP in Türkiye, a difference of 14.38 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.4 times Türkiye's.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 10th and Türkiye ranks 7th of 33 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Türkiye Difference Ahead
1980s 10.61 Percentage of GDP 2.16 Percentage of GDP 8.44 Percentage of GDP Japan
1990s 12.37 Percentage of GDP 4.31 Percentage of GDP 8.06 Percentage of GDP Japan
2000s 17 Percentage of GDP 9.93 Percentage of GDP 7.07 Percentage of GDP Japan
2010s 21.88 Percentage of GDP 11.97 Percentage of GDP 9.91 Percentage of GDP Japan
2020s 24.98 Percentage of GDP 10.87 Percentage of GDP 14.11 Percentage of GDP Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Japan or Türkiye?
Japan, at 24.74 Percentage of GDP against 10.36 Percentage of GDP in Türkiye as of 2022.
What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Japan and Türkiye?
14.38 Percentage of GDP, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Türkiye?
43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do Japan and Türkiye rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
Japan ranks 10th and Türkiye ranks 7th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Social expenditure aggregates. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Social expenditure aggregates
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 1,559 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed

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.