Croatia vs Germany: Social spending as share of GDP
Croatia
0.2%
in 2021
Germany
0.2%
in 2021
Croatia rank
28th
Germany rank
31st
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Croatia
- Germany
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Germany, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Croatia's figure about 1.5 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Croatia ahead.
Croatia ranks 28th and Germany ranks 31st of 42 countries.
Croatia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Croatia |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Croatia |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Croatia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Croatia or Germany?
- Croatia, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Germany as of 2021.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Croatia and Germany?
- 0.0%, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Germany?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2021.
- How do Croatia and Germany rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Croatia ranks 28th and Germany ranks 31st 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.