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

OECD
8.04 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Romania
8.85 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
OECD rank
15th
Romania rank
12th

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

  • OECD
  • Romania
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How they compare

Romania currently reports 8.85 Percentage of GDP against 8.04 Percentage of GDP in OECD, a difference of 0.81 Percentage of GDP.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was OECD ahead.

OECD ranks 15th and Romania ranks 12th of 33 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, OECD averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD Romania Difference Ahead
2000s 6.85 Percentage of GDP 6.21 Percentage of GDP 0.6461 Percentage of GDP OECD
2010s 7.89 Percentage of GDP 7.93 Percentage of GDP 0.036 Percentage of GDP Romania
2020s 8.28 Percentage of GDP 8.86 Percentage of GDP 0.576 Percentage of GDP Romania

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, OECD or Romania?
Romania, at 8.85 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 OECD and Romania?
0.81 Percentage of GDP, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and Romania?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do OECD and Romania rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
OECD ranks 15th and Romania ranks 12th 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

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.