Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in OECD
OECD: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP was 2.04 Percentage of GDP in 2021. ▼ Falling
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in OECD, 1980–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in OECD stood at 2.04 Percentage of GDP.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in OECD peaked at 2.33 Percentage of GDP in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1.92 Percentage of GDP, in 2018.
That places OECD 14th out of 33 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 OECD, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1981 | 2.05 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 2.08 Percentage of GDP | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 2.08 Percentage of GDP | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2.1 Percentage of GDP | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 2.12 Percentage of GDP | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 2.12 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 2.1 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 2.16 Percentage of GDP | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 2.21 Percentage of GDP | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 2.26 Percentage of GDP | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 2.25 Percentage of GDP | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 2.17 Percentage of GDP | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 2.12 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 2.06 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 2.05 Percentage of GDP | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 2.05 Percentage of GDP | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.98 Percentage of GDP | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 2.02 Percentage of GDP | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 2.08 Percentage of GDP | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 2 Percentage of GDP | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 1.99 Percentage of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.94 Percentage of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 1.98 Percentage of GDP | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 2.14 Percentage of GDP | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 2.07 Percentage of GDP | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 2.02 Percentage of GDP | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.01 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.01 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.99 Percentage of GDP | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.97 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.95 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.94 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.92 Percentage of GDP | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.97 Percentage of GDP | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 2.18 Percentage of GDP | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | 2.12 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.17 Percentage of GDP | 2.05 Percentage of GDP | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.03 Percentage of GDP | 1.94 Percentage of GDP | 2.14 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.99 Percentage of GDP | 1.92 Percentage of GDP | 2.07 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | 2.18 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in OECD?
- Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in OECD was 2.04 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 OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 2.33 Percentage of GDP in 1993.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.92 Percentage of GDP in 2018.
- How does OECD rank for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- OECD ranks 14th out of 33 countries with data for 2021.
- Is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD 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.