Chile vs Colombia: Public and private social expenditure

Chile
12.88 Percentage of GDP
in 2023
Colombia
14.06 Percentage of GDP
in 2023
Chile rank
30th
Colombia rank
29th

Public and private social expenditure over time

  • Chile
  • Colombia
05101520198620042023

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 14.06 Percentage of GDP against 12.88 Percentage of GDP in Chile, a difference of 1.18 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Colombia ahead.

Chile ranks 30th and Colombia ranks 29th of 33 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Colombia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Colombia Difference Ahead
2010s 10.77 Percentage of GDP 13.58 Percentage of GDP 2.81 Percentage of GDP Colombia
2020s 15.07 Percentage of GDP 15.06 Percentage of GDP 0.0065 Percentage of GDP Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public and private social expenditure, Chile or Colombia?
Colombia, at 14.06 Percentage of GDP against 12.88 Percentage of GDP in Chile as of 2023.
What is the difference in public and private social expenditure between Chile and Colombia?
1.18 Percentage of GDP, with Colombia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Colombia?
14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
How do Chile and Colombia rank globally for public and private social expenditure?
Chile ranks 30th and Colombia ranks 29th 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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Indicator
Public and private social expenditure
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 1,559 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed

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.