Estonia vs Netherlands: Public and private social expenditure
Public and private social expenditure over time
- Estonia
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 18.87 Percentage of GDP against 17.2 Percentage of GDP in Estonia, a difference of 1.67 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Netherlands ahead.
Estonia ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 4th of 7 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.2 Percentage of GDP | 20.27 Percentage of GDP | 5.07 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 14.9 Percentage of GDP | 19.04 Percentage of GDP | 4.14 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 16.98 Percentage of GDP | 18.39 Percentage of GDP | 1.41 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 18.47 Percentage of GDP | 19.26 Percentage of GDP | 0.7828 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher public and private social expenditure, Estonia or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 18.87 Percentage of GDP against 17.2 Percentage of GDP in Estonia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in public and private social expenditure between Estonia and Netherlands?
- 1.67 Percentage of GDP, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Netherlands?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2023.
- How do Estonia and Netherlands rank globally for public and private social expenditure?
- Estonia ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 4th of 7 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.