List of countries by social welfare spending
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This page lists countries by spending on social welfare. Countries with the highest levels of spending are more likely to be considered welfare states.
As a percentage of GDP
This table is a list of social welfare spending compiled by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") into the OECD Social Expenditure Database which "includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level."[citation needed]
Country | 2016 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | |
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1 | ![]() |
31.5 | 30.7 | 28.7 | 27.5 |
2 | ![]() |
30.8 | 27.4 | 23.9 | 22.6 |
3 | ![]() |
29.0 | 28.3 | 25.3 | 23.5 |
4 | ![]() |
28.9 | 27.6 | 24.1 | 22.6 |
5 | ![]() |
28.7 | 28.9 | 25.2 | 23.8 |
6 | ![]() |
27.8 | 27.6 | 25.9 | 25.5 |
7 | ![]() |
27.1 | 26.3 | 27.4 | 26.8 |
8 | ![]() |
27.0 | 23.8 | 20.4 | 18.4 |
9 | ![]() |
25.3 | 25.9 | 26.3 | 25.4 |
10 | ![]() |
25.1 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 20.4 |
11 | ![]() |
24.6 | 25.8 | 20.4 | 19.5 |
12 | ![]() |
24.1 | 24.5 | 22.3 | 18.5 |
13 | ![]() |
22.8 | 23.4 | 21.4 | 22.4 |
14 | ![]() |
22.0 | 22.1 | 20.5 | 18.4 |
15 | ![]() |
21.8 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 18.6 |
16 | ![]() |
21.5 | 22.8 | 19.4 | 17.7 |
17 | ![]() |
20.6 | 23.0 | 21.9 | 20.1 |
18 | ![]() |
20.2 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 20.2 |
19 | ![]() |
19.7 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 16.3 |
20 | ![]() |
19.4 | 19.8 | 18.1 | 18.0 |
21 | ![]() |
19.3 | 19.3 | 15.6 | 14.3 |
22 | ![]() |
19.1 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 18.2 |
23 | ![]() |
18.6 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 17.6 |
24 | ![]() |
17.4 | 18.3 | 13.0 | 13.8 |
25 | ![]() |
16.1 | 22.4 | 14.9 | 12.6 |
26 | ![]() |
16.1 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 17.0 |
27 | ![]() |
15.2 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 14.6 |
28 | ![]() |
14.5 | 18.7 | 12.2 | 14.8 |
29 | ![]() |
10.4 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
Per capita
This table lists social spending per head 2013, 2010, and 2005, in 2017 prices and purchasing power parity ("PPP"), in US dollars.
Country | 2013 | 2010 | 2005 | |
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1 | ![]() |
22,207.8 | 19,358.6 | 15,003.01 |
2 | ![]() |
14,541.4 | 12,889.9 | 10,034.3 |
3 | ![]() |
13,259.8 | 12,109.2 | 8,584.1 |
4 | ![]() |
13,070.7 | 11,555.9 | 9,000.1 |
5 | ![]() |
12,715.5 | 11,123.6 | 8,353.7 |
6 | ![]() |
12,356.2 | 11,014.9 | 8,722.2 |
7 | ![]() |
12,342.2 | 10,968.3 | 9,390.2 |
8 | ![]() |
12,073.2 | 10,507.0 | 7,672.3 |
9 | ![]() |
11,392.5 | 9,428.5 | 7,170.7 |
10 | ![]() |
11,140.9 | 10,466.5 | 8,575.3 |
11 | ![]() |
10,974.6 | 9,891.0 | 7,645.1 |
12 | ![]() |
10,149.9 | 9,502.7 | 7,117.5 |
13 | ![]() |
9,838.4 | 9,278.7 | 6,830.3 |
14 | ![]() |
9,621.6 | 9,683.8 | 6,018.2 |
15 | ![]() |
8,635.9 | 8,367.4 | 5,686.0 |
16 | ![]() |
8,619.4 | 8,216.5 | 6,828.2 |
17 | ![]() |
8,479.8 | 7,053.1 | 5,889.0 |
18 | ![]() |
8,442.2 | 7,484.4 | 5,586.0 |
19 | ![]() |
7,506.1 | 7,098.1 | 5,914.4 |
20 | ![]() |
7,121.6 | 6,314.7 | 4,557.3 |
21 | ![]() |
7,121.2 | 6,596.2 | 4,928.6 |
22 | ![]() |
7,092.1 | 6,563.6 | 5,719.4 |
23 | ![]() |
6,978.3 | 6,458.7 | 5,120.9 |
24 | ![]() |
6,089.2 | 5,328.9 | 4,027.6 |
25 | ![]() |
5,382.2 | 4,636.0 | 4,038.1 |
26 | ![]() |
5,314.1 | 4,970.8 | 3,784.5 |
27 | ![]() |
4,963.3 | 4,393.9 | 2,609.6 |
28 | ![]() |
4,304.9 | 3,862.9 | 2,141.4 |
29 | ![]() |
3,243.0 | 3,258.0 | 1,723.3 |
30 | ![]() |
3,048.1 | 2,523.3 | 1,481.1 |
31 | ![]() |
2,559.1 | 2,055.7 | 1,170.0 |
32 | ![]() |
2,137.0 | 1,901.2 | 1,101.9 |