Switzerland 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
- Switzerland
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 7.31 Percentage of GDP against 6.56 Percentage of GDP in Switzerland, a difference of 0.75 Percentage of GDP.
That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was United States ahead.
Switzerland ranks 21st and United States ranks 19th of 33 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Switzerland averaged higher in 1 and United States in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Switzerland | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.38 Percentage of GDP | 6.12 Percentage of GDP | 0.737 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 1990s | 5.85 Percentage of GDP | 5.96 Percentage of GDP | 0.1141 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 2000s | 6.05 Percentage of GDP | 5.86 Percentage of GDP | 0.1909 Percentage of GDP | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 6.37 Percentage of GDP | 6.9 Percentage of GDP | 0.5243 Percentage of GDP | United States |
| 2020s | 6.71 Percentage of GDP | 7.25 Percentage of GDP | 0.5475 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, Switzerland or United States?
- United States, at 7.31 Percentage of GDP against 6.56 Percentage of GDP in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp between Switzerland and United States?
- 0.75 Percentage of GDP, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and United States?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Switzerland and United States rank globally for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
- Switzerland ranks 21st 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.