Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Netherlands
Netherlands: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP was 2.78 Percentage of GDP in 2021. ▼ Falling
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Netherlands, 1980–2021
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 Netherlands is 2.78 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Netherlands peaked at 6.44 Percentage of GDP in 1980 and was at its lowest, 2.36 Percentage of GDP, in 2006.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6.44 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1981 | 6.32 Percentage of GDP | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 6.41 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 6.15 Percentage of GDP | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 5.92 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 5.58 Percentage of GDP | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 5.51 Percentage of GDP | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 5.62 Percentage of GDP | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 5.61 Percentage of GDP | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 5.44 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 6.34 Percentage of GDP | +16.5% |
| 1991 | 6.25 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 6.2 Percentage of GDP | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 6.02 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 5.23 Percentage of GDP | -13.0% |
| 1995 | 3.85 Percentage of GDP | -26.4% |
| 1996 | 3.24 Percentage of GDP | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 3.08 Percentage of GDP | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 2.99 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 2.91 Percentage of GDP | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 2.8 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 2.79 Percentage of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 3.08 Percentage of GDP | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 3.15 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 3 Percentage of GDP | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 2.78 Percentage of GDP | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 2.36 Percentage of GDP | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 2.46 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 2.63 Percentage of GDP | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 2.79 Percentage of GDP | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 2.73 Percentage of GDP | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 2.71 Percentage of GDP | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.61 Percentage of GDP | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 2.52 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 2.93 Percentage of GDP | +16.1% |
| 2016 | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 2.84 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.84 Percentage of GDP | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2.81 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 3.01 Percentage of GDP | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 2.78 Percentage of GDP | -7.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Netherlands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -26.4% | 5.23 Percentage of GDP | 3.85 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.9 Percentage of GDP | 5.44 Percentage of GDP | 6.44 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.61 Percentage of GDP | 2.91 Percentage of GDP | 6.34 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.75 Percentage of GDP | 2.36 Percentage of GDP | 3.15 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.77 Percentage of GDP | 2.52 Percentage of GDP | 2.93 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | 2.78 Percentage of GDP | 3.01 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Netherlands?
- Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Netherlands was 2.78 Percentage of GDP in 2021, 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 6.44 Percentage of GDP in 1980.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.36 Percentage of GDP in 2006.
- How does Netherlands rank for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- Netherlands ranks 2nd out of 7 countries with data for 2021.
- Is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.