Belgium vs Bulgaria: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP over time
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 10.72 Percentage of GDP against 8.9 Percentage of GDP in Bulgaria, a difference of 1.82 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 9th and Bulgaria ranks 11th of 33 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.27 Percentage of GDP | 7.16 Percentage of GDP | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | Belgium |
| 2010s | 10.34 Percentage of GDP | 8.19 Percentage of GDP | 2.15 Percentage of GDP | Belgium |
| 2020s | 11.1 Percentage of GDP | 8.7 Percentage of GDP | 2.4 Percentage of GDP | Belgium |
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, Belgium or Bulgaria?
- Belgium, at 10.72 Percentage of GDP against 8.9 Percentage of GDP in Bulgaria as of 2021.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Belgium and Bulgaria?
- 1.82 Percentage of GDP, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Bulgaria?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2021.
- How do Belgium and Bulgaria rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
- Belgium ranks 9th and Bulgaria ranks 11th 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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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.