Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in New Zealand
New Zealand: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP was 3.2 Percentage of GDP in 2022. ▲ Rising
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in New Zealand, 1980–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 3.2 Percentage of GDP for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in 2022. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in New Zealand peaked at 3.2 Percentage of GDP in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.13 Percentage of GDP, in 1980.
That places New Zealand 6th out of 33 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1981 | 1.16 Percentage of GDP | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 1.29 Percentage of GDP | +11.2% |
| 1983 | 1.3 Percentage of GDP | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 1.29 Percentage of GDP | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 1.44 Percentage of GDP | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 1.56 Percentage of GDP | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 1.71 Percentage of GDP | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 1.9 Percentage of GDP | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 2.16 Percentage of GDP | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 2.79 Percentage of GDP | +29.0% |
| 1991 | 2.85 Percentage of GDP | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 3.03 Percentage of GDP | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 2.85 Percentage of GDP | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 2.7 Percentage of GDP | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 2.6 Percentage of GDP | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 2.64 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 2.81 Percentage of GDP | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 2.71 Percentage of GDP | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 2.61 Percentage of GDP | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2.63 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2.69 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 2.71 Percentage of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 2.72 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2.77 Percentage of GDP | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 2.83 Percentage of GDP | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 2.94 Percentage of GDP | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 2.76 Percentage of GDP | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 2.52 Percentage of GDP | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 2.42 Percentage of GDP | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 2.4 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 2.51 Percentage of GDP | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 2.49 Percentage of GDP | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 2.42 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.37 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.35 Percentage of GDP | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2.37 Percentage of GDP | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2.64 Percentage of GDP | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 2.59 Percentage of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 3.2 Percentage of GDP | +23.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 3.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.49 Percentage of GDP | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | 2.16 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.75 Percentage of GDP | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | 3.03 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.71 Percentage of GDP | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | 2.94 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.42 Percentage of GDP | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | 2.52 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.81 Percentage of GDP | 2.59 Percentage of GDP | 3.2 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 3 Belgium 3.38 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Estonia 2.42 Percentage of GDP compare
- 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 Poland 1.96 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Israel 3.18 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
More economy & growth data for New Zealand
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.71 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.37 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 23.86 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 4.48 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 3.61 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 104.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0137 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 677.46 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 27.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in New Zealand?
- Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in New Zealand was 3.2 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2 Percentage of GDP in 2022.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.13 Percentage of GDP in 1980.
- How does New Zealand rank for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- New Zealand ranks 6th out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
- Is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.