Netherlands vs Slovak Republic: Public and private social expenditure
Public and private social expenditure over time
- Netherlands
- Slovak Republic
How they compare
Slovak Republic currently reports 19.29 Percentage of GDP against 18.87 Percentage of GDP in Netherlands, a difference of 0.42 Percentage of GDP.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Netherlands ahead.
Netherlands ranks 4th and Slovak Republic ranks 2nd of 7 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Slovak Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.22 Percentage of GDP | 17.83 Percentage of GDP | 3.39 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 19.04 Percentage of GDP | 16.3 Percentage of GDP | 2.74 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 18.39 Percentage of GDP | 17.33 Percentage of GDP | 1.06 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 19.26 Percentage of GDP | 18.87 Percentage of GDP | 0.3865 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher public and private social expenditure, Netherlands or Slovak Republic?
- Slovak Republic, at 19.29 Percentage of GDP against 18.87 Percentage of GDP in Netherlands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in public and private social expenditure between Netherlands and Slovak Republic?
- 0.42 Percentage of GDP, with Slovak Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Slovak Republic?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
- How do Netherlands and Slovak Republic rank globally for public and private social expenditure?
- Netherlands ranks 4th and Slovak Republic ranks 2nd 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.