Australia vs Chile: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP

Australia
3.41 Percentage of GDP
in 2022
Chile
3.7 Percentage of GDP
in 2023
Australia rank
30th
Chile rank
29th

Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP over time

  • Australia
  • Chile
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 3.7 Percentage of GDP against 3.41 Percentage of GDP in Australia, a difference of 0.29 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Chile ahead.

Australia ranks 30th and Chile ranks 29th of 33 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Chile in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Chile Difference Ahead
1980s 3.06 Percentage of GDP 9.17 Percentage of GDP 6.11 Percentage of GDP Chile
1990s 3.72 Percentage of GDP 7.29 Percentage of GDP 3.56 Percentage of GDP Chile
2000s 3.94 Percentage of GDP 3.91 Percentage of GDP 0.0247 Percentage of GDP Australia
2010s 4.06 Percentage of GDP 2.99 Percentage of GDP 1.07 Percentage of GDP Australia
2020s 3.71 Percentage of GDP 3.18 Percentage of GDP 0.5287 Percentage of GDP Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp, Australia or Chile?
Chile, at 3.7 Percentage of GDP against 3.41 Percentage of GDP in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Australia and Chile?
0.29 Percentage of GDP, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Chile?
37 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2022.
How do Australia and Chile rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
Australia ranks 30th and Chile ranks 29th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits 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 old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP — Social expenditure
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
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.