Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Canada
Canada: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP was 0.627 Percentage of GDP in 2022. ▼ Falling
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Canada, 1980–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2022, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Canada stood at 0.627 Percentage of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.2% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Canada peaked at 1.31 Percentage of GDP in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.627 Percentage of GDP, in 2022.
That places Canada 29th out of 33 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Canada, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.709 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1981 | 0.743 Percentage of GDP | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 0.835 Percentage of GDP | +12.4% |
| 1983 | 0.867 Percentage of GDP | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 0.886 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.909 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.97 Percentage of GDP | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 1.05 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 1.14 Percentage of GDP | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 1.26 Percentage of GDP | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 1.31 Percentage of GDP | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 1.29 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 1.23 Percentage of GDP | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 1.08 Percentage of GDP | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 1 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.954 Percentage of GDP | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.936 Percentage of GDP | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.96 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.978 Percentage of GDP | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.948 Percentage of GDP | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.92 Percentage of GDP | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.902 Percentage of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.881 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.871 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.879 Percentage of GDP | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.923 Percentage of GDP | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.878 Percentage of GDP | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.843 Percentage of GDP | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.823 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.788 Percentage of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 0.766 Percentage of GDP | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.755 Percentage of GDP | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.742 Percentage of GDP | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.729 Percentage of GDP | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.716 Percentage of GDP | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.738 Percentage of GDP | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.75 Percentage of GDP | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.698 Percentage of GDP | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 0.627 Percentage of GDP | -10.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.627 Percentage of GDP is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.98 Percentage of GDP, 32% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9011 Percentage of GDP | 0.709 Percentage of GDP | 1.05 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.14 Percentage of GDP | 0.954 Percentage of GDP | 1.31 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9198 Percentage of GDP | 0.871 Percentage of GDP | 0.978 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7778 Percentage of GDP | 0.716 Percentage of GDP | 0.878 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6917 Percentage of GDP | 0.627 Percentage of GDP | 0.75 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More economy & growth data for Canada
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.8812 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.66 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 57.17 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0246 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,373 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 69.03 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 9.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0298 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,657 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 4.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Canada?
- Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Canada was 0.627 Percentage of GDP in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 Percentage of GDP in 1992.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.627 Percentage of GDP in 2022.
- How does Canada rank for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- Canada ranks 29th out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
- Is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP — Social expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.