Hungary vs United States: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- Hungary
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 19.81 Percentage of GDP against 18 Percentage of GDP in Hungary, a difference of 1.81 Percentage of GDP.
That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Hungary ahead.
Hungary ranks 23rd and United States ranks 20th of 33 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 3 and United States in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hungary | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.82 Percentage of GDP | 14.11 Percentage of GDP | 6.71 Percentage of GDP | Hungary |
| 2000s | 21.58 Percentage of GDP | 15.71 Percentage of GDP | 5.87 Percentage of GDP | Hungary |
| 2010s | 20.7 Percentage of GDP | 18.49 Percentage of GDP | 2.21 Percentage of GDP | Hungary |
| 2020s | 18.24 Percentage of GDP | 20.61 Percentage of GDP | 2.37 Percentage of GDP | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Hungary or United States?
- United States, at 19.81 Percentage of GDP against 18 Percentage of GDP in Hungary as of 2024.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Hungary and United States?
- 1.81 Percentage of GDP, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and United States?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
- How do Hungary and United States rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- Hungary ranks 23rd 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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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.