Estonia vs Latvia: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- Estonia
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 19.7 Percentage of GDP against 17.2 Percentage of GDP in Estonia, a difference of 2.5 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Latvia ahead.
Estonia ranks 5th and Latvia ranks 3rd of 7 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.2 Percentage of GDP | 16.85 Percentage of GDP | 1.65 Percentage of GDP | Latvia |
| 2000s | 14.9 Percentage of GDP | 14.07 Percentage of GDP | 0.8247 Percentage of GDP | Estonia |
| 2010s | 16.98 Percentage of GDP | 16.81 Percentage of GDP | 0.1756 Percentage of GDP | Estonia |
| 2020s | 18.47 Percentage of GDP | 20.29 Percentage of GDP | 1.81 Percentage of GDP | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Estonia or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 19.7 Percentage of GDP against 17.2 Percentage of GDP in Estonia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Estonia and Latvia?
- 2.5 Percentage of GDP, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Latvia?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2023.
- How do Estonia and Latvia rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- Estonia ranks 5th and Latvia ranks 3rd of 7 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.