Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia
Latvia: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) was 2.88 Percentage of GDP in 2021. ▲ Rising
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia, 1994–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia stood at 2.88 Percentage of GDP. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 15.7% on the previous year and up 53.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia peaked at 2.88 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 1994.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1997 | 1.51 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1998 | 1.54 Percentage of GDP | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1.63 Percentage of GDP | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 1.52 Percentage of GDP | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 1.47 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 1.39 Percentage of GDP | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 1.39 Percentage of GDP | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.29 Percentage of GDP | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 1.29 Percentage of GDP | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.18 Percentage of GDP | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 1.15 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 1.98 Percentage of GDP | +72.9% |
| 2009 | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | +25.2% |
| 2010 | 2.2 Percentage of GDP | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 1.88 Percentage of GDP | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 1.68 Percentage of GDP | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 1.88 Percentage of GDP | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 2.02 Percentage of GDP | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 2.26 Percentage of GDP | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.32 Percentage of GDP | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2.34 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2.49 Percentage of GDP | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 2.88 Percentage of GDP | +15.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +72.9% | 1.15 Percentage of GDP | 1.98 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7788 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 1.63 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.51 Percentage of GDP | 1.15 Percentage of GDP | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.12 Percentage of GDP | 1.68 Percentage of GDP | 2.34 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.69 Percentage of GDP | 2.49 Percentage of GDP | 2.88 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 1 Iceland 3.82 Percentage of GDP compare
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- 2 Estonia 3 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Sweden 3.32 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Croatia 1.97 Percentage of GDP compare
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- 4 Denmark 3.15 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Lithuania 2.81 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Finland 3.09 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Slovenia 1.87 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Belgium 2.8 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Netherlands 1.62 Percentage of GDP compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia?
- Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) in Latvia was 2.88 Percentage of GDP in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.88 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 1994.
- How does Latvia rank for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
- Latvia ranks 3rd out of 7 countries with data for 2021.
- Is public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) 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.