Social expenditure aggregates in Poland
Poland: Social expenditure aggregates was 23.07 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▬ Flat
Social expenditure aggregates in Poland, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Poland recorded 23.07 Percentage of GDP for social expenditure aggregates in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social expenditure aggregates in Poland peaked at 23.95 Percentage of GDP in 1992 and was at its lowest, 14.14 Percentage of GDP, in 1990.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.1 Percentage of GDP | 14.14 Percentage of GDP | 23.95 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.86 Percentage of GDP | 19.5 Percentage of GDP | 21.84 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.47 Percentage of GDP | 19.59 Percentage of GDP | 21.19 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.25 Percentage of GDP | 20.72 Percentage of GDP | 23.47 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More social development data for Poland
- Public and private social expenditure 23.07 Percentage of GDP (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 1.71 million National currency (2024)
- Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 601,703 National currency (2025)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 606,643 National currency (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 228,627 National currency (2024)
- Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 511,142 National currency (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social expenditure aggregates in Poland?
- Social expenditure aggregates in Poland was 23.07 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest social expenditure aggregates recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 23.95 Percentage of GDP in 1992.
- What is the lowest social expenditure aggregates recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.14 Percentage of GDP in 1990.
- How does Poland rank for social expenditure aggregates?
- Poland ranks 1st out of 7 groups with data for 2024.
- Is social expenditure aggregates rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Social expenditure aggregates. 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.