Costa Rica vs Mexico: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 12.64 Percentage of GDP against 10.03 Percentage of GDP in Mexico, a difference of 2.61 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 31st and Mexico ranks 32nd of 33 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.03 Percentage of GDP | 7.22 Percentage of GDP | 4.81 Percentage of GDP | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 13.24 Percentage of GDP | 9.65 Percentage of GDP | 3.59 Percentage of GDP | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Costa Rica or Mexico?
- Costa Rica, at 12.64 Percentage of GDP against 10.03 Percentage of GDP in Mexico as of 2022.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 2.61 Percentage of GDP, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Mexico rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st and Mexico ranks 32nd 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.