How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Colombia?

13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP — Social expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Colombia: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)

Australia

1.89 Percentage of GDP

in 2022

Colombia

1.84 Percentage of GDP

in 2023

Australia rank

18th

Colombia rank

21st

Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time

Australia
Colombia

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1.89 Percentage of GDP against 1.84 Percentage of GDP in Colombia, a difference of 0.05 Percentage of GDP.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 18th and Colombia ranks 21st of 33 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Colombia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Colombia	Difference	Ahead
2010s	2.54 Percentage of GDP	1.69 Percentage of GDP	0.852 Percentage of GDP	Australia
2020s	2.09 Percentage of GDP	2.32 Percentage of GDP	0.2293 Percentage of GDP	Colombia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in), Australia or Colombia?: Australia, at 1.89 Percentage of GDP against 1.84 Percentage of GDP in Colombia as of 2022.
What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Australia and Colombia?: 0.05 Percentage of GDP, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Colombia?: 13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2022.
How do Australia and Colombia rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?: Australia ranks 18th and Colombia ranks 21st of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) 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 family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) 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
Last refreshed: 19 August 2026

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.