Ireland vs United States: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP over time
- Ireland
- United States
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 1.16 Percentage of GDP against 0.813 Percentage of GDP in United States, a difference of 0.347 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.4 times United States's.
Across all 42 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Ireland ranks 25th and United States ranks 27th of 33 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.39 Percentage of GDP | 0.9991 Percentage of GDP | 1.39 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 1990s | 1.62 Percentage of GDP | 1.01 Percentage of GDP | 0.6109 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 2000s | 1.53 Percentage of GDP | 1 Percentage of GDP | 0.5255 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 2010s | 1.75 Percentage of GDP | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | 0.6213 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 2020s | 1.26 Percentage of GDP | 0.923 Percentage of GDP | 0.3375 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 United States?
- Ireland, at 1.16 Percentage of GDP against 0.813 Percentage of GDP in United States as of 2021.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp between Ireland and United States?
- 0.347 Percentage of GDP, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and United States?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Ireland and United States rank globally for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- Ireland ranks 25th and United States ranks 27th 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.