Chile vs Switzerland: Public and private social expenditure

Chile
12.88 Percentage of GDP
in 2023
Switzerland
16 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Chile rank
30th
Switzerland rank
27th

Public and private social expenditure over time

  • Chile
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 16 Percentage of GDP against 12.88 Percentage of GDP in Chile, a difference of 3.12 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 33 countries.

Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Switzerland Difference Ahead
1980s 11.18 Percentage of GDP 13.1 Percentage of GDP 1.92 Percentage of GDP Switzerland
1990s 10.44 Percentage of GDP 14.6 Percentage of GDP 4.16 Percentage of GDP Switzerland
2000s 9.54 Percentage of GDP 14.74 Percentage of GDP 5.2 Percentage of GDP Switzerland
2010s 10.77 Percentage of GDP 15.6 Percentage of GDP 4.83 Percentage of GDP Switzerland
2020s 15.07 Percentage of GDP 16.92 Percentage of GDP 1.85 Percentage of GDP Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public and private social expenditure, Chile or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 16 Percentage of GDP against 12.88 Percentage of GDP in Chile as of 2024.
What is the difference in public and private social expenditure between Chile and Switzerland?
3.12 Percentage of GDP, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Switzerland?
38 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2023.
How do Chile and Switzerland rank globally for public and private social expenditure?
Chile ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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.