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Various measures of social expenditure as share of GDP, Japan, 1880 to 2013

Figures correspond to various sources of information regarding public social expenditure as share of GDP. The series 'OWID extrapolated' was constructed using the
other series (see Source tab for details).

18802013190019201940196019802000Social Expenditure %GDP - OECD (1985)Social Expenditure %GDP - OECD (SOCX)Social Expenditure %GDP - Lindert_Historical (2004)Social Expenditure %GDP - Lindert_OECD_OldSocial Expenditure %GDP - Lindert_OECD_NewSocial Expenditure %GDP - (OWID extrapolated series)

Source: Our World In Data based on OECD and Lindert (2004), OECD (1985), OECD (SOCX), Lindert_Historical (2004), Lindert_OECD_Old (2004), Lindert_OECD_New (2004)