Romania vs Switzerland: Social expenditure aggregates
Social expenditure aggregates over time
- Romania
- Switzerland
How they compare
Romania currently reports 17.57 Percentage of GDP against 16 Percentage of GDP in Switzerland, a difference of 1.57 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Switzerland ahead.
Romania ranks 24th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 33 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.18 Percentage of GDP | 14.91 Percentage of GDP | 1.73 Percentage of GDP | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 15.41 Percentage of GDP | 15.6 Percentage of GDP | 0.1878 Percentage of GDP | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 17.59 Percentage of GDP | 18.37 Percentage of GDP | 0.7755 Percentage of GDP | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social expenditure aggregates, Romania or Switzerland?
- Romania, at 17.57 Percentage of GDP against 16 Percentage of GDP in Switzerland as of 2021.
- What is the difference in social expenditure aggregates between Romania and Switzerland?
- 1.57 Percentage of GDP, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Switzerland?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2021.
- How do Romania and Switzerland rank globally for social expenditure aggregates?
- Romania ranks 24th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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.