Portugal vs Slovenia: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP

Portugal
12.92 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Slovenia
10.62 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Portugal rank
5th
Slovenia rank
2nd

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

  • Portugal
  • Slovenia
2.557.51012.515198020002021

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 12.92 Percentage of GDP against 10.62 Percentage of GDP in Slovenia, a difference of 2.3 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Slovenia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Slovenia ahead.

Portugal ranks 5th and Slovenia ranks 2nd of 33 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 2 and Slovenia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Slovenia Difference Ahead
1990s 7.36 Percentage of GDP 10.31 Percentage of GDP 2.95 Percentage of GDP Slovenia
2000s 9.67 Percentage of GDP 10.16 Percentage of GDP 0.488 Percentage of GDP Slovenia
2010s 12.97 Percentage of GDP 10.99 Percentage of GDP 1.98 Percentage of GDP Portugal
2020s 13.27 Percentage of GDP 10.92 Percentage of GDP 2.35 Percentage of GDP Portugal

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, Portugal or Slovenia?
Portugal, at 12.92 Percentage of GDP against 10.62 Percentage of GDP in Slovenia as of 2021.
What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Portugal and Slovenia?
2.3 Percentage of GDP, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Slovenia?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2021.
How do Portugal and Slovenia rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
Portugal ranks 5th and Slovenia ranks 2nd 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
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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.