Chile vs Sweden: Social spending as share of GDP
Chile
0.6%
in 2023
Sweden
0.5%
in 2021
Chile rank
16th
Sweden rank
18th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Chile
- Sweden
How they compare
Chile currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Sweden ahead.
Chile ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 18th of 42 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Chile or Sweden?
- Chile, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Chile and Sweden?
- 0.1%, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Sweden?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2021.
- How do Chile and Sweden rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Chile ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 18th 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.