Costa Rica vs Spain: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time
- Costa Rica
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1.48 Percentage of GDP against 1.32 Percentage of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.16 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 11 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 29th and Spain ranks 26th of 33 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.977 Percentage of GDP | 1.26 Percentage of GDP | 0.2849 Percentage of GDP | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.897 Percentage of GDP | 1.5 Percentage of GDP | 0.606 Percentage of GDP | Spain |
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), Costa Rica or Spain?
- Spain, at 1.48 Percentage of GDP against 1.32 Percentage of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2021.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Costa Rica and Spain?
- 0.16 Percentage of GDP, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2021.
- How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
- Costa Rica ranks 29th and Spain ranks 26th 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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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.