Chile vs Costa Rica: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Chile currently reports 12.88 Percentage of GDP against 12.64 Percentage of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.24 Percentage of GDP.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Chile ranks 30th and Costa Rica ranks 31st of 33 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.79 Percentage of GDP | 12.03 Percentage of GDP | 1.24 Percentage of GDP | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 15.8 Percentage of GDP | 13.24 Percentage of GDP | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Chile, at 12.88 Percentage of GDP against 12.64 Percentage of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 0.24 Percentage of GDP, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- Chile ranks 30th and Costa Rica ranks 31st 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.