How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and OECD?

42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.

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.

Luxembourg vs OECD: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP

Luxembourg

8.61 Percentage of GDP

in 2021

OECD

8.04 Percentage of GDP

in 2021

Luxembourg rank

13th

OECD rank

15th

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

Luxembourg
OECD

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 8.61 Percentage of GDP against 8.04 Percentage of GDP in OECD, a difference of 0.57 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.1 times OECD's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 13th and OECD ranks 15th of 33 countries.

Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Luxembourg	OECD	Difference	Ahead
1980s	8.59 Percentage of GDP	6.02 Percentage of GDP	2.58 Percentage of GDP	Luxembourg
1990s	8.39 Percentage of GDP	6.68 Percentage of GDP	1.7 Percentage of GDP	Luxembourg
2000s	7.42 Percentage of GDP	6.85 Percentage of GDP	0.5619 Percentage of GDP	Luxembourg
2010s	8.04 Percentage of GDP	7.89 Percentage of GDP	0.1455 Percentage of GDP	Luxembourg
2020s	8.82 Percentage of GDP	8.28 Percentage of GDP	0.54 Percentage of GDP	Luxembourg

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, Luxembourg or OECD?: Luxembourg, at 8.61 Percentage of GDP against 8.04 Percentage of GDP in OECD as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Luxembourg and OECD?: 0.57 Percentage of GDP, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and OECD?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
How do Luxembourg and OECD rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?: Luxembourg ranks 13th and OECD ranks 15th 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: 19 August 2026

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.