Japan | Expense (% of GDP)
Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
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The World Bank
Origin
State of Japan
Records
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Japan | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
10.77544585 1972
10.90160957 1973
12.20910552 1974
12.79951524 1975
13.43351935 1976
14.05534495 1977
15.03056887 1978
15.72604653 1979
16.1963699 1980
16.38834459 1981
16.34749647 1982
16.33326608 1983
15.79910881 1984
15.42441978 1985
15.11240187 1986
14.73505986 1987
14.31920611 1988
14.75148493 1989
13.84623422 1990
1991
1992
1993
15.02718352 1994
15.02549301 1995
14.94907873 1996
14.43103005 1997
20.1145616 1998
17.31089009 1999
17.10955764 2000
16.23339921 2001
16.10706021 2002
15.72937768 2003
15.07375601 2004
15.05184073 2005
14.84533332 2006
14.00379431 2007
15.2644121 2008
18.21170069 2009
17.22174681 2010
18.59567887 2011
18.11170475 2012
18.14065091 2013
17.57416477 2014
16.97383224 2015
16.711263 2016
16.1953847 2017
16.07131918 2018
16.42389787 2019
23.62495975 2020
21.74182755 2021
2022
Japan | Expense (% of GDP)
Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Japan
Records
63
Source
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