Austria vs Luxembourg: Social spending as share of GDP
Austria
0.6%
in 2021
Luxembourg
0.5%
in 2021
Austria rank
17th
Luxembourg rank
19th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Austria
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Austria currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 17th and Luxembourg ranks 19th of 42 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Luxembourg in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Austria |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Austria or Luxembourg?
- Austria, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Luxembourg as of 2021.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Austria and Luxembourg?
- 0.1%, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Luxembourg?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Austria and Luxembourg rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Austria ranks 17th and Luxembourg ranks 19th 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.