Korea vs Mexico: Social spending as share of GDP
Korea
0.9%
in 2022
Mexico
0.7%
in 2023
Korea rank
10th
Mexico rank
13th
Social spending as share of GDP over time
- Korea
- Mexico
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.9% against 0.7% in Mexico, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.
Korea ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 13th of 42 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 2 and Mexico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Mexico |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Korea |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher social spending as share of gdp, Korea or Mexico?
- Korea, at 0.9% against 0.7% in Mexico as of 2022.
- What is the difference in social spending as share of gdp between Korea and Mexico?
- 0.2%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Mexico?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Korea and Mexico rank globally for social spending as share of gdp?
- Korea ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 13th 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.