Norway vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- Norway
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
How they compare
Norway currently reports 24.05 Percentage of GDP against 22.98 Percentage of GDP in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 1.07 Percentage of GDP.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1980 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
Norway ranks 13th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 16th of 33 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.54 Percentage of GDP | 17.7 Percentage of GDP | 0.8415 Percentage of GDP | Norway |
| 1990s | 22.42 Percentage of GDP | 19.27 Percentage of GDP | 3.15 Percentage of GDP | Norway |
| 2000s | 21.12 Percentage of GDP | 21.27 Percentage of GDP | 0.1427 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| 2010s | 23.37 Percentage of GDP | 23.79 Percentage of GDP | 0.4229 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| 2020s | 23.05 Percentage of GDP | 23.94 Percentage of GDP | 0.8837 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Norway or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Norway, at 24.05 Percentage of GDP against 22.98 Percentage of GDP in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Norway and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- 1.07 Percentage of GDP, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Norway and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- Norway ranks 13th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 16th 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.