Israel vs Norway: Social spending as share of GDP
Israel
0.5%
in 2023
Norway
0.5%
in 2021
Israel rank
21st
Norway rank
20th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Israel
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Israel, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Israel ahead.
Israel ranks 21st and Norway ranks 20th of 42 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Israel |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Israel |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Israel or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Israel as of 2021.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Israel and Norway?
- 0.0%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Norway?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2021.
- How do Israel and Norway rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Israel ranks 21st and Norway ranks 20th 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.