Australia vs Ireland: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- Australia
- Ireland
How they compare
Australia currently reports 17.07 Percentage of GDP against 14.36 Percentage of GDP in Ireland, a difference of 2.71 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Ireland ahead.
Australia ranks 25th and Ireland ranks 28th of 33 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Ireland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.41 Percentage of GDP | 17.74 Percentage of GDP | 6.32 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 1990s | 15.88 Percentage of GDP | 16.76 Percentage of GDP | 0.8858 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 2000s | 16.97 Percentage of GDP | 16.53 Percentage of GDP | 0.4338 Percentage of GDP | Australia |
| 2010s | 17.58 Percentage of GDP | 17.98 Percentage of GDP | 0.3984 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 2020s | 19.25 Percentage of GDP | 13.72 Percentage of GDP | 5.54 Percentage of GDP | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Australia or Ireland?
- Australia, at 17.07 Percentage of GDP against 14.36 Percentage of GDP in Ireland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Australia and Ireland?
- 2.71 Percentage of GDP, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Ireland?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Ireland rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- Australia ranks 25th and Ireland ranks 28th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Social expenditure aggregates. 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.