New Zealand vs OECD: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time
- New Zealand
- OECD
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 2.52 Percentage of GDP against 2.31 Percentage of GDP in OECD, a difference of 0.21 Percentage of GDP.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times OECD's.
Across all 42 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 11th and OECD ranks 13th of 33 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.17 Percentage of GDP | 1.44 Percentage of GDP | 0.7317 Percentage of GDP | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 2.43 Percentage of GDP | 1.73 Percentage of GDP | 0.7017 Percentage of GDP | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 2.86 Percentage of GDP | 1.88 Percentage of GDP | 0.9801 Percentage of GDP | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 2.84 Percentage of GDP | 2.08 Percentage of GDP | 0.7668 Percentage of GDP | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 2.62 Percentage of GDP | 2.32 Percentage of GDP | 0.3035 Percentage of GDP | New Zealand |
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), New Zealand or OECD?
- New Zealand, at 2.52 Percentage of GDP against 2.31 Percentage of GDP in OECD as of 2022.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between New Zealand and OECD?
- 0.21 Percentage of GDP, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and OECD?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do New Zealand and OECD rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
- New Zealand ranks 11th and OECD ranks 13th 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.