Estonia vs Iceland: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time
- Estonia
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 3.82 Percentage of GDP against 3 Percentage of GDP in Estonia, a difference of 0.82 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.3 times Estonia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Iceland ahead.
Estonia ranks 2nd and Iceland ranks 1st of 7 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.74 Percentage of GDP | 2.18 Percentage of GDP | 0.444 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
| 2000s | 1.93 Percentage of GDP | 2.92 Percentage of GDP | 0.9923 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
| 2010s | 2.54 Percentage of GDP | 3.35 Percentage of GDP | 0.8048 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
| 2020s | 3.14 Percentage of GDP | 3.88 Percentage of GDP | 0.7375 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
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 Iceland?
- Iceland, at 3.82 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 Iceland?
- 0.82 Percentage of GDP, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Iceland?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
- How do Estonia and Iceland rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
- Estonia ranks 2nd and Iceland ranks 1st 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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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.