Public and private social expenditure in Slovenia
Slovenia: Public and private social expenditure was 23 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising
Public and private social expenditure in Slovenia, 1995–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for public and private social expenditure in Slovenia is 23 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and private social expenditure in Slovenia peaked at 25.19 Percentage of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.68 Percentage of GDP, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Public and private social expenditure in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.68 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 21.96 Percentage of GDP | +286.9% |
| 1997 | 22.31 Percentage of GDP | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 22.43 Percentage of GDP | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 22.42 Percentage of GDP | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 22.24 Percentage of GDP | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 22.17 Percentage of GDP | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 22.59 Percentage of GDP | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 22.09 Percentage of GDP | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 21.68 Percentage of GDP | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 21.68 Percentage of GDP | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 21.25 Percentage of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 19.84 Percentage of GDP | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 19.98 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 22.69 Percentage of GDP | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 23.56 Percentage of GDP | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 23.62 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 23.68 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 24.07 Percentage of GDP | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 23.31 Percentage of GDP | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 22.88 Percentage of GDP | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 22.5 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 21.68 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 21.52 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 21.64 Percentage of GDP | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 25.19 Percentage of GDP | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 24.53 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 23.93 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 22.63 Percentage of GDP | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 23 Percentage of GDP | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public and private social expenditure in Slovenia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +286.9% | 5.68 Percentage of GDP | 21.96 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.96 Percentage of GDP | 5.68 Percentage of GDP | 22.43 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
| 2000s | 21.62 Percentage of GDP | 19.84 Percentage of GDP | 22.69 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.85 Percentage of GDP | 21.52 Percentage of GDP | 24.07 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.86 Percentage of GDP | 22.63 Percentage of GDP | 25.19 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
- 1 Croatia 22.48 Percentage of GDP compare
- 1 Austria 31.55 Percentage of GDP compare
- 1 Poland 23.07 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 Estonia 17.2 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Germany 27.85 Percentage of GDP compare
More social development data for Slovenia
- Social expenditure aggregates 23 Percentage of GDP (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 33,050 National currency (2024)
- Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 12,600 National currency (2025)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 12,489 National currency (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 5,046 National currency (2024)
- Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 10,486 National currency (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and private social expenditure in Slovenia?
- Public and private social expenditure in Slovenia was 23 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public and private social expenditure recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.19 Percentage of GDP in 2020.
- What is the lowest public and private social expenditure recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.68 Percentage of GDP in 1995.
- How does Slovenia rank for public and private social expenditure?
- Slovenia ranks 2nd out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is public and private social expenditure rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.