Croatia vs France: Social expenditure aggregates

Croatia
22.48 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
France
30.65 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Croatia rank
1st
France rank
3rd

Social expenditure aggregates over time

  • Croatia
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 30.65 Percentage of GDP against 22.48 Percentage of GDP in Croatia, a difference of 8.17 Percentage of GDP.

That makes France's figure about 1.4 times Croatia's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Croatia ranks 1st and France ranks 3rd of 3 groups.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia France Difference Ahead
2000s 20.31 Percentage of GDP 29.73 Percentage of GDP 9.42 Percentage of GDP France
2010s 20.57 Percentage of GDP 31.32 Percentage of GDP 10.75 Percentage of GDP France
2020s 22.99 Percentage of GDP 33.71 Percentage of GDP 10.72 Percentage of GDP France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Croatia or France?
France, at 30.65 Percentage of GDP against 22.48 Percentage of GDP in Croatia as of 2024.
What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Croatia and France?
8.17 Percentage of GDP, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and France?
14 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2021.
How do Croatia and France rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
Croatia ranks 1st and France ranks 3rd of 3 groups.
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.