Social security benefits paid for pensions, medical care, long-term care, etc. in the first year of Reiwa increased by about 2.52 trillion yen from the previous year to 123.92 trillion yen due to the aging of the population and free early childhood education. It has set a new record high.
According to the summary of the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, the social security benefit cost in the first year of Reiwa was 123,924.1 billion yen, which was 2,525.4 billion yen from the previous year, an increase of 2.1% to a record high. Did.
By field, "pension" was the largest at 55,452 billion yen, followed by "medical care" at 40,722.6 billion yen, and "welfare and others" such as long-term care and child-rearing support at 27,749.4 billion yen, both from the previous year. Also increased.
The benefit cost per capita was 982,200 yen, an increase of 22,100 yen from the previous year.
Looking at the breakdown of financial resources, social insurance premiums account for 55.9% of the total, public expenditures by the national and local governments account for 39.2%, and asset income from the management of pension reserves accounts for 1.2%.
According to the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, "In addition to the aging of the population, the enhancement of childcare support such as early childhood education and free childcare from October of the first year of Reiwa has led to an increase in benefit costs." I am.