Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in France
France: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP was 13.4 Percentage of GDP in 2022. ▲ Rising
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in France, 1980–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
France recorded 13.4 Percentage of GDP for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in France peaked at 14.44 Percentage of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.34 Percentage of GDP, in 1980.
That places France 4th out of 33 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in France, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 9.34 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1981 | 9.61 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 9.83 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 10 Percentage of GDP | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 10.22 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 10.41 Percentage of GDP | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 10.36 Percentage of GDP | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 10.38 Percentage of GDP | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 10.45 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 9.93 Percentage of GDP | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 10.52 Percentage of GDP | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 10.78 Percentage of GDP | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 11.11 Percentage of GDP | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 11.57 Percentage of GDP | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 11.69 Percentage of GDP | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 11.85 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 11.98 Percentage of GDP | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 11.95 Percentage of GDP | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 11.82 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 11.82 Percentage of GDP | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 11.52 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 11.54 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 11.69 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 11.85 Percentage of GDP | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 11.89 Percentage of GDP | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 12.05 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 11.81 Percentage of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 11.91 Percentage of GDP | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 12.19 Percentage of GDP | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 13.1 Percentage of GDP | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 13.18 Percentage of GDP | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 13.28 Percentage of GDP | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 13.57 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 13.78 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 13.84 Percentage of GDP | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 13.78 Percentage of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 13.82 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 13.67 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 13.63 Percentage of GDP | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 13.48 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 14.44 Percentage of GDP | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 13.58 Percentage of GDP | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 13.4 Percentage of GDP | -1.4% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 13.4 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 7.99 Percentage of GDP, 1.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- France's 13.4 Percentage of GDP is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8.85 Percentage of GDP, 1.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.05 Percentage of GDP | 9.34 Percentage of GDP | 10.45 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.51 Percentage of GDP | 10.52 Percentage of GDP | 11.98 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.96 Percentage of GDP | 11.52 Percentage of GDP | 13.1 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.6 Percentage of GDP | 13.18 Percentage of GDP | 13.84 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.8 Percentage of GDP | 13.4 Percentage of GDP | 14.44 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
Countries ranked near France
- 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 Austria 14.02 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Latvia 7.52 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Estonia 6.78 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
- 7 Finland 12.18 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Türkiye 6.08 Percentage of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for France
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.18 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.34 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 80.27 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0238 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,168 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 73.03 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 40.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0217 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,063 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 51.39 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in France?
- Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in France was 13.4 Percentage of GDP in 2022, 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 14.44 Percentage of GDP in 2020.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.34 Percentage of GDP in 1980.
- How does France rank for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
- France ranks 4th out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
- Is public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.