Germany vs United Kingdom: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP over time
- Germany
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Germany currently reports 1.96 Percentage of GDP against 1.68 Percentage of GDP in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.28 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 21st of 33 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.86 Percentage of GDP | 1.33 Percentage of GDP | 0.5356 Percentage of GDP | Germany |
| 1990s | 2.01 Percentage of GDP | 2.36 Percentage of GDP | 0.341 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 1.75 Percentage of GDP | 2.08 Percentage of GDP | 0.3323 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 1.72 Percentage of GDP | 1.86 Percentage of GDP | 0.1422 Percentage of GDP | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 1.97 Percentage of GDP | 1.74 Percentage of GDP | 0.2335 Percentage of GDP | Germany |
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, Germany or United Kingdom?
- Germany, at 1.96 Percentage of GDP against 1.68 Percentage of GDP in United Kingdom as of 2021.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp between Germany and United Kingdom?
- 0.28 Percentage of GDP, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and United Kingdom?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Germany and United Kingdom rank globally for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- Germany ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 21st 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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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.