Israel vs Sweden: Social spending as share of GDP
Israel
0.5%
in 2023
Sweden
0.5%
in 2021
Israel rank
21st
Sweden rank
18th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Israel
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Israel, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Israel ahead.
Israel ranks 21st and Sweden ranks 18th of 42 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Israel |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Israel |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Israel or Sweden?
- Sweden, 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 Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Sweden?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2021.
- How do Israel and Sweden rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Israel ranks 21st and Sweden ranks 18th 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.