Czechia vs United States: Social expenditure aggregates

Czechia
22.1 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
United States
19.81 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Czechia rank
17th
United States rank
20th

Social expenditure aggregates over time

  • Czechia
  • United States
0510152025198020022024

How they compare

Czechia currently reports 22.1 Percentage of GDP against 19.81 Percentage of GDP in United States, a difference of 2.29 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Czechia's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Czechia ahead.

Czechia ranks 17th and United States ranks 20th of 33 countries.

Czechia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Czechia United States Difference Ahead
1990s 15.81 Percentage of GDP 14.48 Percentage of GDP 1.33 Percentage of GDP Czechia
2000s 18.08 Percentage of GDP 15.71 Percentage of GDP 2.37 Percentage of GDP Czechia
2010s 19.6 Percentage of GDP 18.49 Percentage of GDP 1.11 Percentage of GDP Czechia
2020s 22 Percentage of GDP 20.61 Percentage of GDP 1.4 Percentage of GDP Czechia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Czechia or United States?
Czechia, at 22.1 Percentage of GDP against 19.81 Percentage of GDP in United States as of 2024.
What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Czechia and United States?
2.29 Percentage of GDP, with Czechia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and United States?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Czechia and United States rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
Czechia ranks 17th and United States ranks 20th 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.