Australia vs Lithuania: Social spending as share of GDP
Australia
0.2%
in 2022
Lithuania
0.3%
in 2021
Australia rank
29th
Lithuania rank
27th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Australia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.5 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Lithuania ahead.
Australia ranks 29th and Lithuania ranks 27th of 42 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Australia or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Australia as of 2021.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Australia and Lithuania?
- 0.1%, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Lithuania?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2021.
- How do Australia and Lithuania rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Australia ranks 29th and Lithuania ranks 27th of 42 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Social spending as share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Public social expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes both in-cash and in-kind benefits in other social policy programs.