Greece vs Israel: Social spending as share of GDP
Greece
0.4%
in 2021
Israel
0.5%
in 2023
Greece rank
24th
Israel rank
21st
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Greece
- Israel
How they compare
Israel currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Greece, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.3 times Greece's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Israel has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 24th and Israel ranks 21st of 42 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | Israel |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | Israel |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Israel |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Greece or Israel?
- Israel, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Greece as of 2023.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Greece and Israel?
- 0.1%, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Israel?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2021.
- How do Greece and Israel rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Greece ranks 24th and Israel ranks 21st 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.