Bulgaria vs United Kingdom: Public and private social expenditure
Public and private social expenditure over time
- Bulgaria
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 22.98 Percentage of GDP against 20.5 Percentage of GDP in Bulgaria, a difference of 2.48 Percentage of GDP.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 19th and United Kingdom ranks 16th of 33 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.29 Percentage of GDP | 22.38 Percentage of GDP | 8.08 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 16.94 Percentage of GDP | 23.79 Percentage of GDP | 6.85 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 20.04 Percentage of GDP | 25.01 Percentage of GDP | 4.97 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher public and private social expenditure, Bulgaria or United Kingdom?
- United Kingdom, at 22.98 Percentage of GDP against 20.5 Percentage of GDP in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in public and private social expenditure between Bulgaria and United Kingdom?
- 2.48 Percentage of GDP, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United Kingdom?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2021.
- How do Bulgaria and United Kingdom rank globally for public and private social expenditure?
- Bulgaria ranks 19th and United Kingdom ranks 16th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public and private social expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.