Public and private social expenditure in Estonia
Estonia: Public and private social expenditure was 17.2 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public and private social expenditure in Estonia, 1999–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 17.2 Percentage of GDP for public and private social expenditure in 2023.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and private social expenditure in Estonia peaked at 21.39 Percentage of GDP in 2006 and was at its lowest, 12.65 Percentage of GDP, in 2007.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Public and private social expenditure in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15.2 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2000 | 13.93 Percentage of GDP | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 13.12 Percentage of GDP | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 12.8 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 13.13 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 13.54 Percentage of GDP | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 13.12 Percentage of GDP | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 21.39 Percentage of GDP | +63.0% |
| 2007 | 12.65 Percentage of GDP | -40.9% |
| 2008 | 15.48 Percentage of GDP | +22.4% |
| 2009 | 19.82 Percentage of GDP | +28.1% |
| 2010 | 18.5 Percentage of GDP | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 16.45 Percentage of GDP | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 15.93 Percentage of GDP | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 15.75 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 16.07 Percentage of GDP | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 17.33 Percentage of GDP | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 17.52 Percentage of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 17.01 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 17.45 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 17.8 Percentage of GDP | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 20.29 Percentage of GDP | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 19.04 Percentage of GDP | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 17.36 Percentage of GDP | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 17.2 Percentage of GDP | -0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public and private social expenditure in Estonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +63.0% | 13.12 Percentage of GDP | 21.39 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.2 Percentage of GDP | 15.2 Percentage of GDP | 15.2 Percentage of GDP | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.9 Percentage of GDP | 12.65 Percentage of GDP | 21.39 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.98 Percentage of GDP | 15.75 Percentage of GDP | 18.5 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.47 Percentage of GDP | 17.2 Percentage of GDP | 20.29 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 2 Slovenia 23 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Finland 31.44 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 France 30.65 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Latvia 19.7 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Belgium 28.57 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Netherlands 18.87 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Germany 27.85 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Italy 27.57 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Lithuania 16.94 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Türkiye 10.36 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Denmark 26.42 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Sweden 26.09 Percentage of GDP compare
More social development data for Estonia
- Social expenditure aggregates 17.2 Percentage of GDP (2023)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 16,193 National currency (2024)
- Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 5,285 National currency (2025)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 5,302 National currency (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 4,994 National currency (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and private social expenditure in Estonia?
- Public and private social expenditure in Estonia was 17.2 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public and private social expenditure recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.39 Percentage of GDP in 2006.
- What is the lowest public and private social expenditure recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.65 Percentage of GDP in 2007.
- How does Estonia rank for public and private social expenditure?
- Estonia ranks 5th out of 7 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public and private social expenditure rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public and private social expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.