Health spending per person in Japan
Current health spending in Japan was US$3,638 per person in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2008.
Japan, 2023
US$3,638
Change from 2022
−13.4%
World, 2023
US$1,317 per person
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
US$3,783 per person
Position in 2023
24th of 191
Health spending per person in Japan over time
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Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | US$3,638 per person | US$1,317 per person |
| 2022 | US$4,202 per person | US$1,266 per person |
| 2021 | US$4,844 per person | US$1,258 per person |
| 2020 | US$4,582 per person | US$1,160 per person |
| 2019 | US$4,431 per person | US$1,085 per person |
| 2018 | US$4,266 per person | US$1,067 per person |
| 2017 | US$4,135 per person | US$1,028 per person |
| 2016 | US$4,194 per person | US$992 per person |
| 2015 | US$3,754 per person | US$975 per person |
| 2014 | US$4,121 per person | US$1,016 per person |
| 2013 | US$4,356 per person | US$993 per person |
| 2012 | US$5,232 per person | US$982 per person |
| 2011 | US$5,103 per person | US$974 per person |
| 2010 | US$4,072 per person | US$900 per person |
| 2009 | US$3,697 per person | US$863 per person |
| 2008 | US$3,223 per person | US$854 per person |
| 2007 | US$2,781 per person | US$789 per person |
| 2006 | US$2,764 per person | US$720 per person |
| 2005 | US$2,893 per person | US$680 per person |
| 2004 | US$2,885 per person | US$640 per person |
| 2003 | US$2,650 per person | US$583 per person |
| 2002 | US$2,412 per person | US$519 per person |
| 2001 | US$2,489 per person | US$488 per person |
| 2000 | US$2,751 per person | US$476 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −13.4% from US$4,202 per person in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was US$4,356 per person, the figure has changed by −16.5%.
- Among the 191 countries with data for 2023, Japan has the 24th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was US$1,317 per person.
More for Japan
All statistics for Japan
Health spending share of GDP
10.7%
2023 · World Bank
Out-of-pocket health spending
12.2%
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
84.7 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
22.5 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
72.2 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
86
2023 · WHO