Austria vs Belgium: Social spending as share of GDP
Austria
0.6%
in 2021
Belgium
0.6%
in 2021
Austria rank
17th
Belgium rank
14th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.2 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Belgium ahead.
Austria ranks 17th and Belgium ranks 14th of 42 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Austria or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria as of 2021.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Austria and Belgium?
- 0.0%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Austria ranks 17th and Belgium ranks 14th 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.