Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in Austria
Austria: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP was 14.02 Percentage of GDP in 2021. ▲ Rising
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in Austria, 1980–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Austria recorded 14.02 Percentage of GDP for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in 2021.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in Austria peaked at 14.35 Percentage of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.4 Percentage of GDP, in 1980.
Austria ranks 3rd of 33 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in Austria, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 10.4 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1985 | 11.32 Percentage of GDP | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 11.78 Percentage of GDP | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 11.86 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 11.92 Percentage of GDP | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 12.42 Percentage of GDP | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 12.66 Percentage of GDP | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 12.65 Percentage of GDP | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 12.7 Percentage of GDP | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 12.49 Percentage of GDP | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 12.37 Percentage of GDP | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 12.33 Percentage of GDP | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 12.26 Percentage of GDP | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 12.35 Percentage of GDP | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 12.42 Percentage of GDP | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 12.59 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 12.43 Percentage of GDP | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 12.23 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 12.13 Percentage of GDP | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 11.91 Percentage of GDP | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 12.11 Percentage of GDP | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 12.98 Percentage of GDP | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 13.11 Percentage of GDP | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 12.84 Percentage of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 13.11 Percentage of GDP | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 13.37 Percentage of GDP | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 13.5 Percentage of GDP | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 13.35 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 13.15 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 13.01 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 12.92 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 13.06 Percentage of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 14.35 Percentage of GDP | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 14.02 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 14.02 Percentage of GDP is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8.85 Percentage of GDP, 1.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Austria's 14.02 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 7.99 Percentage of GDP, 1.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.86 Percentage of GDP | 10.4 Percentage of GDP | 11.32 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
| 1990s | 12.32 Percentage of GDP | 11.78 Percentage of GDP | 12.7 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.34 Percentage of GDP | 11.91 Percentage of GDP | 12.98 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.14 Percentage of GDP | 12.84 Percentage of GDP | 13.5 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.18 Percentage of GDP | 14.02 Percentage of GDP | 14.35 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 1 Greece 16.18 Percentage of GDP compare
- 1 Poland 11.19 Percentage of GDP compare
- 1 Croatia 8.89 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Italy 16.09 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Slovenia 10.62 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Latvia 7.52 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Estonia 6.78 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 France 13.4 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Lithuania 6.5 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Portugal 12.92 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Netherlands 6.44 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Spain 12.28 Percentage of GDP compare
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- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -6.07 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0105 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -658.85 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -11.68 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -185.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0202 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -1,269 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 50.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in Austria?
- Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in Austria was 14.02 Percentage of GDP in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 14.35 Percentage of GDP in 2020.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4 Percentage of GDP in 1980.
- How does Austria rank for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
- Austria ranks 3rd out of 33 countries with data for 2021.
- Is public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public expenditure on old-age and survivors 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.