Austria vs Japan: Social spending as share of GDP
Austria
0.6%
in 2021
Japan
0.6%
in 2022
Austria rank
17th
Japan rank
15th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Austria
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 17th and Japan ranks 15th of 42 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Austria |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Austria |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Austria or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Austria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Austria and Japan?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Japan?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Austria and Japan rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Austria ranks 17th and Japan ranks 15th 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.