Norway vs United States: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP over time
- Norway
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 7.31 Percentage of GDP against 6.46 Percentage of GDP in Norway, a difference of 0.85 Percentage of GDP.
That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1980 it was United States ahead.
Norway ranks 22nd and United States ranks 19th of 33 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.99 Percentage of GDP | 5.93 Percentage of GDP | 0.9408 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 1990s | 5.42 Percentage of GDP | 5.96 Percentage of GDP | 0.538 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 2000s | 4.85 Percentage of GDP | 5.86 Percentage of GDP | 1 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 2010s | 6.28 Percentage of GDP | 6.9 Percentage of GDP | 0.611 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 2020s | 7.02 Percentage of GDP | 7.25 Percentage of GDP | 0.233 Percentage of GDP | United States |
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, Norway or United States?
- United States, at 7.31 Percentage of GDP against 6.46 Percentage of GDP in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Norway and United States?
- 0.85 Percentage of GDP, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and United States?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Norway and United States rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
- Norway ranks 22nd and United States ranks 19th 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.