France vs Slovak Republic: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- France
- Slovak Republic
How they compare
France currently reports 30.65 Percentage of GDP against 19.29 Percentage of GDP in Slovak Republic, a difference of 11.36 Percentage of GDP.
That makes France's figure about 1.6 times Slovak Republic's.
Across all 29 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
France ranks 3rd and Slovak Republic ranks 2nd of 33 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Slovak Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.83 Percentage of GDP | 17.83 Percentage of GDP | 11 Percentage of GDP | France |
| 2000s | 28.73 Percentage of GDP | 16.3 Percentage of GDP | 12.43 Percentage of GDP | France |
| 2010s | 31.32 Percentage of GDP | 17.33 Percentage of GDP | 13.99 Percentage of GDP | France |
| 2020s | 32.35 Percentage of GDP | 18.87 Percentage of GDP | 13.48 Percentage of GDP | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, France or Slovak Republic?
- France, at 30.65 Percentage of GDP against 19.29 Percentage of GDP in Slovak Republic as of 2024.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between France and Slovak Republic?
- 11.36 Percentage of GDP, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Slovak Republic?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
- How do France and Slovak Republic rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- France ranks 3rd and Slovak Republic ranks 2nd 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.