{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"jp-health-expenditure-per-capita","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/jp-health-expenditure-per-capita","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/jp-health-expenditure-per-capita/","title":"Current Health Expenditure per Capita in Japan (2025)","description":"Japan's current health expenditure reached 5,872.6 USD PPP per capita in 2025 (preliminary), down from 5,884.2 in 2024. 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It covers spending by government, private insurers, and households, published annually by the OECD under its System of Health Accounts (SHA). The most recent reading is 5,872.6 USD PPP in 2025 (preliminary)."},{"question":"How current is this data, and how reliable is the latest figure?","answer":"The series runs through 2025, though that year is flagged as a preliminary OECD estimate and 2024 as provisional. The last fully finalized observation is 2023, at 5,963.6 USD PPP per capita. Figures are typically revised as national accounts are finalized, so the 2024 and 2025 values may shift in future OECD updates."},{"question":"How does Japan's spending compare with other OECD countries?","answer":"Japan's 5,963.6 USD PPP in 2023 (its last finalized year) sat roughly 3.6% above the unweighted OECD-38 average of about 5,754.7 USD PPP that year. It ran well above South Korea (4,756.6 USD PPP in 2023) but far below the United States (13,932.6 USD PPP in 2023), placing Japan among the higher-spending OECD economies that year."},{"question":"What is the split between government and private spending?","answer":"In 2023, government and compulsory insurance schemes covered an estimated 5,079.0 USD PPP per capita (about 85.2% of the total), while voluntary insurance and household out-of-pocket payments accounted for roughly 884.6 USD PPP (about 14.8%). That split has stayed roughly stable over the past decade, up only slightly from about 84.3% government-financed in 2013, reflecting Japan's universal statutory health insurance system."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"Per-capita spending has risen in most years since 2005, from 2,471.2 USD PPP that year to 5,872.6 USD PPP in 2025 — an increase of roughly 138% over two decades, and +30.1% just since 2015. The OECD flags a break in the series at 2011, when a methodology revision coincided with a jump from 3,169.2 to 3,740.8 USD PPP, so pre- and post-2011 figures are not fully comparable."}]}