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Social Spending (% of GDP)

This indicator compares countries by Social Spending (% of GDP). The raw value shows the measured input, while the score normalizes it for international comparison.

Raw-value source: harmonised Nomadino estimate based on ILO and World Bank data on social protection and public spending, including the ILO World Social Protection Report and World Bank ASPIRE.

#↑ Country↕ Raw Value↕ Score↕
1 France31 % of GDP 31 % of GDP 95
2 Finland29 % of GDP 29 % of GDP 93
2 Belgium29 % of GDP 29 % of GDP 93
2 Italy29 % of GDP 29 % of GDP 93
5 Denmark28 % of GDP 28 % of GDP 91
5 Martinique28 % of GDP 28 % of GDP 91
5 Guadeloupe28 % of GDP 28 % of GDP 91
8 Austria27 % of GDP 27 % of GDP 90
8 Portugal27 % of GDP 27 % of GDP 90
10 Sweden26 % of GDP 26 % of GDP 89
10 Germany26 % of GDP 26 % of GDP 89
12 Norway25 % of GDP 25 % of GDP 87
12 French Guiana25 % of GDP 25 % of GDP 87
12 Faroe Islands25 % of GDP 25 % of GDP 87
12 Saint Pierre and Miquelon25 % of GDP 25 % of GDP 87
12 Spain25 % of GDP 25 % of GDP 87
12 Réunion25 % of GDP 25 % of GDP 87
12 New Caledonia25 % of GDP 25 % of GDP 87
19 Greece24 % of GDP 24 % of GDP 86
20 Slovenia23 % of GDP 23 % of GDP 85
21 Scotland22 % of GDP 22 % of GDP 83
21 Luxembourg22 % of GDP 22 % of GDP 83
21 Netherlands22 % of GDP 22 % of GDP 83
21 Tahiti22 % of GDP 22 % of GDP 83
21 Japan22 % of GDP 22 % of GDP 83
26 England21 % of GDP 21 % of GDP 82
26 Wales21 % of GDP 21 % of GDP 82
28 Northern Ireland20 % of GDP 20 % of GDP 80
28 Estonia20 % of GDP 20 % of GDP 80
28 Monaco20 % of GDP 20 % of GDP 80
28 Switzerland20 % of GDP 20 % of GDP 80
28 Puerto Rico20 % of GDP 20 % of GDP 80
28 Iceland20 % of GDP 20 % of GDP 80
28 New Zealand20 % of GDP 20 % of GDP 80
35 United States19 % of GDP 19 % of GDP 78
36 Australia18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Czech Republic18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Canada18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Uruguay18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Singapore18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 South Africa18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Liechtenstein18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 San Marino18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Hungary18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Gibraltar18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Argentina18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Croatia18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Wallis and Futuna18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
36 Mayotte18 % of GDP 18 % of GDP 76
50 Israel17 % of GDP 17 % of GDP 74
51 Lithuania16 % of GDP 16 % of GDP 72
51 Belarus16 % of GDP 16 % of GDP 72
51 Malta16 % of GDP 16 % of GDP 72
51 Slovakia16 % of GDP 16 % of GDP 72
51 Montenegro16 % of GDP 16 % of GDP 72
56 Ireland15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 Poland15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 Bermuda15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 United Arab Emirates15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 Andorra15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 U.S. Virgin Islands15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 Saint-Martin15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 Guam15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
56 Chinese Taipei15 % of GDP 15 % of GDP 70
65 Latvia14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Kuwait14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Aruba14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Curacao14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Tunisia14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Cuba14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Barbados14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Bulgaria14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Trinidad and Tobago14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Romania14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Serbia14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Cyprus14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
65 Costa Rica14 % of GDP 14 % of GDP 68
79 Seychelles12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Suriname12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Brazil12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Mauritius12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Qatar12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Russia12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Libya12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Brunei12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Bahrain12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Ukraine12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Cayman Islands12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Algeria12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 North Macedonia12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 American Samoa12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Sint Maarten12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Albania12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Turkey12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Northern Mariana Islands12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
79 Chile12 % of GDP 12 % of GDP 62
98 Kosovo10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Maldives10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Botswana10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Gabon10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Hong Kong10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Macau10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Korea Republic10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Bahamas10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Malaysia10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Saudi Arabia10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Oman10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Kazakhstan10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 China10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Jordan10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Moldova10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Panama10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Anguilla10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Cook Islands10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Azerbaijan10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 British Virgin Islands10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Antigua and Barbuda10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Grenada10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Niue10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Lebanon10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Saint Lucia10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Georgia10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Montserrat10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Armenia10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Iran10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
98 Dominica10 % of GDP 10 % of GDP 56
129 Syria8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Namibia8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Guyana8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Equatorial Guinea8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Paraguay8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Egypt8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Nauru8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Sri Lanka8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Korea DPR8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Iraq8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Uzbekistan8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Turks and Caicos Islands8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Cape Verde8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Turkmenistan8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Morocco8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Vietnam8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Venezuela8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Mexico8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Palau8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Mongolia8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Palestine8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Jamaica8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Dominican Republic8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Colombia8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Peru8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Ecuador8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 El Salvador8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
129 Bhutan8 % of GDP 8 % of GDP 48
158 Thailand7 % of GDP 7 % of GDP 44
158 Kyrgyzstan7 % of GDP 7 % of GDP 44
158 Nicaragua7 % of GDP 7 % of GDP 44
161 Belize6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Honduras6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Bolivia6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Samoa6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Fiji6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Tajikistan6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Tonga6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Guatemala6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
161 Indonesia6 % of GDP 6 % of GDP 39
170 Yemen5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Ghana5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Senegal5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Ivory Coast5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Congo5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Western Sahara5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Lesotho5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Swaziland5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Laos5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Zanzibar5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Tuvalu5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Marshall Islands5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Rwanda5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Kiribati5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 São Tomé and Príncipe5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Micronesia5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Djibouti5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Timor-Leste5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Philippines5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
170 Nepal5 % of GDP 5 % of GDP 32
190 Gambia4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Burkina Faso4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Mali4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Nigeria4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Angola4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Mauritania4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Benin4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Togo4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Liberia4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Guinea-Bissau4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Cambodia4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Sierra Leone4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Guinea4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Zimbabwe4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Sudan4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Cameroon4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Zambia4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Bangladesh4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Uganda4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Tanzania4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Kenya4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 India4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Ethiopia4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Eritrea4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Comoros4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Myanmar4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Pakistan4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Papua New Guinea4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Vanuatu4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
190 Solomon Islands4 % of GDP 4 % of GDP 25
220 Madagascar3 % of GDP 3 % of GDP 15
220 Niger3 % of GDP 3 % of GDP 15
220 Chad3 % of GDP 3 % of GDP 15
220 Congo DR3 % of GDP 3 % of GDP 15
220 Burundi3 % of GDP 3 % of GDP 15
220 Mozambique3 % of GDP 3 % of GDP 15
220 Malawi3 % of GDP 3 % of GDP 15
227 Central African Republic2 % of GDP 2 % of GDP 1
227 South Sudan2 % of GDP 2 % of GDP 1
227 Somalia2 % of GDP 2 % of GDP 1
227 Afghanistan2 % of GDP 2 % of GDP 1
227 Haiti2 % of GDP 2 % of GDP 1