Mexico vs United States: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time
- Mexico
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 0.604 Percentage of GDP against 0.548 Percentage of GDP in Mexico, a difference of 0.056 Percentage of GDP.
That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was United States ahead.
Mexico ranks 33rd and United States ranks 32nd of 33 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 2 and United States in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1364 Percentage of GDP | 0.4662 Percentage of GDP | 0.3298 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 1990s | 0.1814 Percentage of GDP | 0.588 Percentage of GDP | 0.4066 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 2000s | 0.8073 Percentage of GDP | 0.7565 Percentage of GDP | 0.0508 Percentage of GDP | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.903 Percentage of GDP | 0.6595 Percentage of GDP | 0.2435 Percentage of GDP | Mexico |
| 2020s | 0.595 Percentage of GDP | 0.6358 Percentage of GDP | 0.0408 Percentage of GDP | United States |
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), Mexico or United States?
- United States, at 0.604 Percentage of GDP against 0.548 Percentage of GDP in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Mexico and United States?
- 0.056 Percentage of GDP, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and United States?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and United States rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
- Mexico ranks 33rd and United States ranks 32nd 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.