Croatia vs Greece: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP

Croatia
8.89 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Greece
16.18 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Croatia rank
1st
Greece rank
1st

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

  • Croatia
  • Greece
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How they compare

Greece currently reports 16.18 Percentage of GDP against 8.89 Percentage of GDP in Croatia, a difference of 7.29 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.8 times Croatia's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Greece has been ahead every year.

Croatia ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 3 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Greece Difference Ahead
2000s 7.84 Percentage of GDP 13.18 Percentage of GDP 5.33 Percentage of GDP Greece
2010s 8.62 Percentage of GDP 16.33 Percentage of GDP 7.71 Percentage of GDP Greece
2020s 9.34 Percentage of GDP 17.03 Percentage of GDP 7.69 Percentage of GDP Greece

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, Croatia or Greece?
Greece, at 16.18 Percentage of GDP against 8.89 Percentage of GDP in Croatia as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Croatia and Greece?
7.29 Percentage of GDP, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Greece?
14 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2021.
How do Croatia and Greece rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
Croatia ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 3 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.