Canada vs Hungary: Social expenditure aggregates

Canada
19.33 Percentage of GDP
in 2022
Hungary
18 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Canada rank
21st
Hungary rank
23rd

Social expenditure aggregates over time

  • Canada
  • Hungary
0102030198020022024

How they compare

Canada currently reports 19.33 Percentage of GDP against 18 Percentage of GDP in Hungary, a difference of 1.33 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Hungary ahead.

Canada ranks 21st and Hungary ranks 23rd of 33 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Hungary in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Hungary Difference Ahead
1990s 16.45 Percentage of GDP 20.82 Percentage of GDP 4.37 Percentage of GDP Hungary
2000s 17.08 Percentage of GDP 21.58 Percentage of GDP 4.49 Percentage of GDP Hungary
2010s 18.63 Percentage of GDP 20.7 Percentage of GDP 2.07 Percentage of GDP Hungary
2020s 22.36 Percentage of GDP 18.37 Percentage of GDP 3.99 Percentage of GDP Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Canada or Hungary?
Canada, at 19.33 Percentage of GDP against 18 Percentage of GDP in Hungary as of 2022.
What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Canada and Hungary?
1.33 Percentage of GDP, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Hungary?
24 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2022.
How do Canada and Hungary rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
Canada ranks 21st and Hungary ranks 23rd 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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Indicator
Social expenditure aggregates
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.