Denmark vs Sweden: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 7.99 Percentage of GDP against 7.51 Percentage of GDP in Denmark, a difference of 0.48 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sweden ahead.
Denmark ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 16th of 33 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.66 Percentage of GDP | 7.1 Percentage of GDP | 1.44 Percentage of GDP | Sweden |
| 1990s | 6.67 Percentage of GDP | 8.1 Percentage of GDP | 1.43 Percentage of GDP | Sweden |
| 2000s | 6.41 Percentage of GDP | 7.63 Percentage of GDP | 1.22 Percentage of GDP | Sweden |
| 2010s | 7.81 Percentage of GDP | 8.26 Percentage of GDP | 0.4444 Percentage of GDP | Sweden |
| 2020s | 7.86 Percentage of GDP | 8.24 Percentage of GDP | 0.3795 Percentage of GDP | Sweden |
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, Denmark or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 7.99 Percentage of GDP against 7.51 Percentage of GDP in Denmark as of 2021.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Denmark and Sweden?
- 0.48 Percentage of GDP, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
- Denmark ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 16th 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.