Chile vs Japan: Social spending as share of GDP
Chile
0.6%
in 2023
Japan
0.6%
in 2022
Chile rank
16th
Japan rank
15th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Chile
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Chile, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Japan ahead.
Chile ranks 16th and Japan ranks 15th of 42 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Chile |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Chile |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Chile or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Chile as of 2022.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Chile and Japan?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Japan?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2022.
- How do Chile and Japan rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Chile ranks 16th and Japan ranks 15th of 42 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2025) – 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.