Germany vs New Zealand: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)

Germany
2.65 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
New Zealand
2.52 Percentage of GDP
in 2022
Germany rank
8th
New Zealand rank
11th

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

  • Germany
  • New Zealand
01234198020012022

How they compare

Germany currently reports 2.65 Percentage of GDP against 2.52 Percentage of GDP in New Zealand, a difference of 0.13 Percentage of GDP.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was New Zealand ahead.

Germany ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 11th of 33 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany New Zealand Difference Ahead
1980s 1.67 Percentage of GDP 2.17 Percentage of GDP 0.5048 Percentage of GDP New Zealand
1990s 2.05 Percentage of GDP 2.43 Percentage of GDP 0.3807 Percentage of GDP New Zealand
2000s 1.97 Percentage of GDP 2.86 Percentage of GDP 0.8985 Percentage of GDP New Zealand
2010s 2.21 Percentage of GDP 2.84 Percentage of GDP 0.6336 Percentage of GDP New Zealand
2020s 2.7 Percentage of GDP 2.62 Percentage of GDP 0.071 Percentage of GDP Germany

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), Germany or New Zealand?
Germany, at 2.65 Percentage of GDP against 2.52 Percentage of GDP in New Zealand as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Germany and New Zealand?
0.13 Percentage of GDP, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and New Zealand?
42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
How do Germany and New Zealand rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
Germany ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 11th 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
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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.