Estonia vs Poland: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP

Estonia
2.42 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Poland
1.96 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Estonia rank
3rd
Poland rank
6th

Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP over time

  • Estonia
  • Poland
23456199020052021

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 2.42 Percentage of GDP against 1.96 Percentage of GDP in Poland, a difference of 0.46 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.2 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Poland ahead.

Estonia ranks 3rd and Poland ranks 6th of 7 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia Poland Difference Ahead
1990s 1.84 Percentage of GDP 5.55 Percentage of GDP 3.71 Percentage of GDP Poland
2000s 2.01 Percentage of GDP 2.97 Percentage of GDP 0.9541 Percentage of GDP Poland
2010s 2.2 Percentage of GDP 2.28 Percentage of GDP 0.0789 Percentage of GDP Poland
2020s 2.51 Percentage of GDP 1.99 Percentage of GDP 0.513 Percentage of GDP Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp, Estonia or Poland?
Estonia, at 2.42 Percentage of GDP against 1.96 Percentage of GDP in Poland as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp between Estonia and Poland?
0.46 Percentage of GDP, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Poland?
23 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
How do Estonia and Poland rank globally for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
Estonia ranks 3rd and Poland ranks 6th of 7 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP — Social expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP — Social expenditure
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
43 places, 1,481 data points, 1980–2023
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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.