Colombia vs Norway: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP

Colombia
5.7 Percentage of GDP
in 2023
Norway
6.46 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Colombia rank
24th
Norway rank
22nd

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

  • Colombia
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 6.46 Percentage of GDP against 5.7 Percentage of GDP in Colombia, a difference of 0.76 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 24th and Norway ranks 22nd of 33 countries.

Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Norway Difference Ahead
2010s 5.69 Percentage of GDP 6.28 Percentage of GDP 0.5924 Percentage of GDP Norway
2020s 5.98 Percentage of GDP 7.02 Percentage of GDP 1.05 Percentage of GDP Norway

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, Colombia or Norway?
Norway, at 6.46 Percentage of GDP against 5.7 Percentage of GDP in Colombia as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Colombia and Norway?
0.76 Percentage of GDP, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Norway?
12 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2021.
How do Colombia and Norway rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
Colombia ranks 24th and Norway ranks 22nd 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
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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.