Estonia vs Finland: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)

Estonia
3 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Finland
3.09 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Estonia rank
2nd
Finland rank
5th

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

  • Estonia
  • Finland
1234198020002021

How they compare

Finland currently reports 3.09 Percentage of GDP against 3 Percentage of GDP in Estonia, a difference of 0.09 Percentage of GDP.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Finland ahead.

Estonia ranks 2nd and Finland ranks 5th of 7 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 1 and Finland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia Finland Difference Ahead
1990s 1.74 Percentage of GDP 3.13 Percentage of GDP 1.39 Percentage of GDP Finland
2000s 1.93 Percentage of GDP 2.84 Percentage of GDP 0.9133 Percentage of GDP Finland
2010s 2.54 Percentage of GDP 3.06 Percentage of GDP 0.5147 Percentage of GDP Finland
2020s 3.14 Percentage of GDP 3.05 Percentage of GDP 0.086 Percentage of GDP Estonia

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), Estonia or Finland?
Finland, at 3.09 Percentage of GDP against 3 Percentage of GDP in Estonia as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Estonia and Finland?
0.09 Percentage of GDP, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Finland?
23 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
How do Estonia and Finland rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
Estonia ranks 2nd and Finland ranks 5th of 7 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
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Coverage
43 places, 1,481 data points, 1980–2023
Last refreshed

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.