Finland vs New Zealand: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP

Finland
3.14 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
New Zealand
3.2 Percentage of GDP
in 2022
Finland rank
8th
New Zealand rank
6th

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

  • Finland
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 3.2 Percentage of GDP against 3.14 Percentage of GDP in Finland, a difference of 0.06 Percentage of GDP.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.

Finland ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 6th of 33 countries.

Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland New Zealand Difference Ahead
1980s 3.71 Percentage of GDP 1.49 Percentage of GDP 2.21 Percentage of GDP Finland
1990s 4.72 Percentage of GDP 2.75 Percentage of GDP 1.96 Percentage of GDP Finland
2000s 3.65 Percentage of GDP 2.71 Percentage of GDP 0.9396 Percentage of GDP Finland
2010s 3.57 Percentage of GDP 2.42 Percentage of GDP 1.16 Percentage of GDP Finland
2020s 3.2 Percentage of GDP 2.61 Percentage of GDP 0.584 Percentage of GDP Finland

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, Finland or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 3.2 Percentage of GDP against 3.14 Percentage of GDP in Finland as of 2022.
What is the difference in public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp between Finland and New Zealand?
0.06 Percentage of GDP, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and New Zealand?
42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
How do Finland and New Zealand rank globally for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
Finland ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 6th of 33 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
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 1,481 data points, 1980–2023
Last refreshed

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.