Israel vs Romania: Social expenditure aggregates

Israel
16.28 Percentage of GDP
in 2023
Romania
17.57 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Israel rank
26th
Romania rank
24th

Social expenditure aggregates over time

  • Israel
  • Romania
05101520199520092023

How they compare

Romania currently reports 17.57 Percentage of GDP against 16.28 Percentage of GDP in Israel, a difference of 1.29 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 26th and Romania ranks 24th of 33 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel Romania Difference Ahead
2000s 15.24 Percentage of GDP 13.18 Percentage of GDP 2.06 Percentage of GDP Israel
2010s 15.54 Percentage of GDP 15.41 Percentage of GDP 0.1322 Percentage of GDP Israel
2020s 18.89 Percentage of GDP 17.59 Percentage of GDP 1.3 Percentage of GDP Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Israel or Romania?
Romania, at 17.57 Percentage of GDP against 16.28 Percentage of GDP in Israel as of 2021.
What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Israel and Romania?
1.29 Percentage of GDP, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Romania?
19 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2021.
How do Israel and Romania rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
Israel ranks 26th and Romania ranks 24th 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.