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economic2024

Public social expenditure as a share of GDP

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•42 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
20.7% of GDP
Median: 20.2% of GDP
Countries Covered
42
with available data
Highest
Austria
31.6% of GDP
Lowest
Peru
7.5% of GDP
Top 5 Countries
1Austria31.6% of GDP
2Finland31.4% of GDP
3France30.6% of GDP
4Belgium28.6% of GDP
5Germany27.9% of GDP
By Region
Europe22.9% of GDP(29 countries)
Oceania20.8% of GDP(2 countries)
Asia18.8% of GDP(3 countries)
North America16.4% of GDP(3 countries)
Other11.5% of GDP(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (7.5% of GDP)High (31.6% of GDP)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 20.7% of GDP)

Europe (29)
Oceania (2)
Asia (3)
North America (3)
Other (2)
South America (3)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Austria31.6% of GDP
2Finland31.4% of GDP
3France30.6% of GDP
4Belgium28.6% of GDP
5Germany27.9% of GDP
6Italy27.6% of GDP
7Denmark26.4% of GDP
8Sweden26.1% of GDP
9Spain25.9% of GDP
10Japan24.7% of GDP
11New Zealand24.6% of GDP
12Portugal24.1% of GDP
13Norway24.1% of GDP
14Luxembourg24.0% of GDP
15Greece23.7% of GDP
16Poland23.1% of GDP
17Slovenia23.0% of GDP
18United Kingdom23.0% of GDP
19Croatia22.5% of GDP
20Czech Republic22.1% of GDP
21Bulgaria20.5% of GDP
22United States of America19.8% of GDP
23Latvia19.7% of GDP
24Canada19.3% of GDP
25Slovakia19.3% of GDP
26Iceland19.2% of GDP
27Netherlands18.9% of GDP
28Hungary18.0% of GDP
29Romania17.6% of GDP
30Estonia17.2% of GDP
31Australia17.1% of GDP
32Lithuania16.9% of GDP
33Israel16.3% of GDP
34Switzerland16.0% of GDP
35South Korea15.3% of GDP
36Ireland14.4% of GDP
37Colombia14.1% of GDP
38Chile12.9% of GDP
39Costa Rica12.6% of GDP
40Türkiye10.4% of GDP
41Mexico10.0% of GDP
42Peru7.5% of GDP
Showing 42 of 42 countries

Topics

#economic#% of gdp#public#social#expenditure#share#gdp

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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