Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Israel
Israel: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP was 3.18 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Israel, 1995–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Israel is 3.18 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Israel peaked at 3.18 Percentage of GDP in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.75 Percentage of GDP, in 1995.
That places Israel 7th out of 33 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Israel, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.75 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 1.86 Percentage of GDP | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 1.92 Percentage of GDP | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 1.96 Percentage of GDP | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 1.95 Percentage of GDP | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 2.06 Percentage of GDP | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 2.25 Percentage of GDP | +9.6% |
| 2002 | 2.41 Percentage of GDP | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 2.54 Percentage of GDP | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 2.38 Percentage of GDP | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 2.39 Percentage of GDP | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2.37 Percentage of GDP | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2.35 Percentage of GDP | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 2.47 Percentage of GDP | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 2.47 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2.44 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2.46 Percentage of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.5 Percentage of GDP | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.52 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.61 Percentage of GDP | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.76 Percentage of GDP | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 2.78 Percentage of GDP | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 3.14 Percentage of GDP | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 2.93 Percentage of GDP | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 3.18 Percentage of GDP | +10.1% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 3.18 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.98 Percentage of GDP, 1.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.89 Percentage of GDP | 1.75 Percentage of GDP | 1.96 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.37 Percentage of GDP | 2.06 Percentage of GDP | 2.54 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | 2.44 Percentage of GDP | 2.78 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.03 Percentage of GDP | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | 3.18 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 4 Iceland 3.36 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Slovenia 2.23 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Lithuania 2.17 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Sweden 3.25 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 New Zealand 3.2 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Poland 1.96 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Türkiye 0.408 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Finland 3.14 Percentage of GDP compare
- 9 Australia 3.13 Percentage of GDP compare
- 10 Spain 2.9 Percentage of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Israel
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.14 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.56 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 14.47 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0237 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,429 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 26.22 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 77.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0429 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2,590 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 6.96 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Israel?
- Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Israel was 3.18 Percentage of GDP in 2023, 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 3.18 Percentage of GDP in 2023.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.75 Percentage of GDP in 1995.
- How does Israel rank for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- Israel ranks 7th out of 33 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.