Belgium vs Mexico: Social spending as share of GDP
Belgium
0.6%
in 2021
Mexico
0.7%
in 2023
Belgium rank
14th
Mexico rank
13th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Belgium
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Belgium, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 14th and Mexico ranks 13th of 42 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Belgium or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Belgium as of 2023.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Belgium and Mexico?
- 0.1%, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Mexico?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2021.
- How do Belgium and Mexico rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Belgium ranks 14th and Mexico ranks 13th 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.