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

Romania
1.09 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
United States
0.813 Percentage of GDP
in 2023
Romania rank
26th
United States rank
27th

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

  • Romania
  • United States
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How they compare

Romania currently reports 1.09 Percentage of GDP against 0.813 Percentage of GDP in United States, a difference of 0.277 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.3 times United States's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Romania ranks 26th and United States ranks 27th of 33 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania United States Difference Ahead
2000s 1.36 Percentage of GDP 1 Percentage of GDP 0.355 Percentage of GDP Romania
2010s 1.32 Percentage of GDP 1.13 Percentage of GDP 0.1888 Percentage of GDP Romania
2020s 1.13 Percentage of GDP 0.923 Percentage of GDP 0.2075 Percentage of GDP Romania

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, Romania or United States?
Romania, at 1.09 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 Romania and United States?
0.277 Percentage of GDP, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and United States?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Romania and United States rank globally for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
Romania ranks 26th 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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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
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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.