Ireland vs Romania: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP

Ireland
1.16 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Romania
1.09 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Ireland rank
25th
Romania rank
26th

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

  • Ireland
  • Romania
0123198020002021

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 1.16 Percentage of GDP against 1.09 Percentage of GDP in Romania, a difference of 0.07 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 25th and Romania ranks 26th of 33 countries.

Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Romania Difference Ahead
2000s 1.53 Percentage of GDP 1.36 Percentage of GDP 0.1705 Percentage of GDP Ireland
2010s 1.75 Percentage of GDP 1.32 Percentage of GDP 0.4325 Percentage of GDP Ireland
2020s 1.26 Percentage of GDP 1.13 Percentage of GDP 0.13 Percentage of GDP Ireland

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, Ireland or Romania?
Ireland, at 1.16 Percentage of GDP against 1.09 Percentage of GDP in Romania as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp between Ireland and Romania?
0.07 Percentage of GDP, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Romania?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Ireland and Romania rank globally for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
Ireland ranks 25th and Romania ranks 26th 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.