Israel vs Spain: Social spending as share of GDP
Israel
0.5%
in 2023
Spain
0.4%
in 2021
Israel rank
21st
Spain rank
23rd
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Israel
- Spain
How they compare
Israel currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Spain, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Israel has been ahead every year.
Israel ranks 21st and Spain ranks 23rd of 42 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Israel |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | Israel |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Israel |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Israel or Spain?
- Israel, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Israel and Spain?
- 0.1%, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Spain?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2021.
- How do Israel and Spain rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Israel ranks 21st and Spain ranks 23rd 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.