Public unemployment spending 2009

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Social issues: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-3904 - © OECD 2009

	Public unemployment spending
	Public social expenditure as a percentage of GDP

		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
	Australia	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5
	Austria	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1
	Belgium	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.8	3.1	3.3	3.4	3.3
	Canada	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6
	Czech Republic	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6
	Denmark	3.4	3.1	3.0	2.9	3.0	3.3	3.3	2.8
	Finland	2.7	2.5	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.0
	France	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7
	Germany	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7
	Greece	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
	Hungary	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
	Iceland	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3
	Ireland	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.9
	Italy	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
	Japan	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3
	Korea	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
	Luxembourg	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0
	Mexico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Netherlands	1.9	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.5
	New Zealand	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.4
	Norway	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5
	Poland	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.5
	Portugal	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.1	1.2	..
	Slovak Republic	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
	Spain	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
	Sweden	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.2
	Switzerland	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.9
	Turkey	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
	United Kingdom	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3
	United States	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3
	OECD - Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Last updated: 7 August 2009
Source: Social expenditure: Aggregated data, OECD Social Expenditure Statistics (database)

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