Social Issues: Key Tables from OECD
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Old age social spending 2009
Public social expenditure as a percentage of GDP
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Social issues: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-3904 - © OECD 2009
Old age social spending | |||||||||
Public social expenditure as a percentage of GDP | |||||||||
1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
Australia | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | |
Austria | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.6 | |
Belgium | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | |
Canada | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | |
Czech Republic | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | |
Denmark | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | |
Finland | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | |
France | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.9 | |
Germany | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | |
Greece | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.8 | |
Hungary | .. | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | |
Iceland | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | |
Ireland | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |
Italy | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | |
Japan | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.6 | |
Korea | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | |
Luxembourg | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | |
Mexico | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |
Netherlands | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | |
New Zealand | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | |
Norway | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.3 | |
Poland | 7.3 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.4 | |
Portugal | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.7 | .. | |
Slovak Republic | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | |
Spain | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | |
Sweden | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.6 | |
Switzerland | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | |
Turkey | 4.2 | 5.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6.4 | |
United Kingdom | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | |
United States | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | |
OECD - Total | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
Last updated: 7 August 2009 | |||||||||
Source: Social expenditure: Aggregated data, OECD Social Expenditure Statistics (database) |