Hungary vs United Kingdom: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP

Hungary
1.48 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
United Kingdom
1.68 Percentage of GDP
in 2022
Hungary rank
22nd
United Kingdom rank
21st

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

  • Hungary
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 1.68 Percentage of GDP against 1.48 Percentage of GDP in Hungary, a difference of 0.2 Percentage of GDP.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Hungary ahead.

Hungary ranks 22nd and United Kingdom ranks 21st of 33 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1990s 2.64 Percentage of GDP 2.19 Percentage of GDP 0.454 Percentage of GDP Hungary
2000s 2.75 Percentage of GDP 2.08 Percentage of GDP 0.6672 Percentage of GDP Hungary
2010s 1.86 Percentage of GDP 1.86 Percentage of GDP 0.0037 Percentage of GDP United Kingdom
2020s 1.5 Percentage of GDP 1.74 Percentage of GDP 0.2385 Percentage of GDP United Kingdom

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, Hungary or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 1.68 Percentage of GDP against 1.48 Percentage of GDP in Hungary as of 2022.
What is the difference in public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp between Hungary and United Kingdom?
0.2 Percentage of GDP, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and United Kingdom?
23 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
How do Hungary and United Kingdom rank globally for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
Hungary ranks 22nd 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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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
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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.