Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in Poland
Poland: Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP was 11.19 Percentage of GDP in 2021. ▲ Rising
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in Poland, 1990–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Poland recorded 11.19 Percentage of GDP for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in Poland peaked at 11.83 Percentage of GDP in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5.01 Percentage of GDP, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in Poland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.01 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1991 | 7.7 Percentage of GDP | +53.7% |
| 1992 | 9.19 Percentage of GDP | +19.4% |
| 1993 | 9.44 Percentage of GDP | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 9.36 Percentage of GDP | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 9.18 Percentage of GDP | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 9.17 Percentage of GDP | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 9.5 Percentage of GDP | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 9.11 Percentage of GDP | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 9.24 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 10.41 Percentage of GDP | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 11.39 Percentage of GDP | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 11.63 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 11.83 Percentage of GDP | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 11.52 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 11.24 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 11.32 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 10.6 Percentage of GDP | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 10.75 Percentage of GDP | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 11.6 Percentage of GDP | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 11.08 Percentage of GDP | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 10.57 Percentage of GDP | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 10.88 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 11.32 Percentage of GDP | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 11.2 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 11.01 Percentage of GDP | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 11 Percentage of GDP | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 10.53 Percentage of GDP | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 10.61 Percentage of GDP | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 10.84 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 11.42 Percentage of GDP | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 11.19 Percentage of GDP | -2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +53.7% | 5.01 Percentage of GDP | 7.7 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.69 Percentage of GDP | 5.01 Percentage of GDP | 9.5 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.23 Percentage of GDP | 10.41 Percentage of GDP | 11.83 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9 Percentage of GDP | 10.53 Percentage of GDP | 11.32 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.3 Percentage of GDP | 11.19 Percentage of GDP | 11.42 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 1 Greece 16.18 Percentage of GDP compare
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- 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
- 4 France 13.4 Percentage of GDP compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in Poland?
- Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp in Poland was 11.19 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 11.83 Percentage of GDP in 2003.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.01 Percentage of GDP in 1990.
- How does Poland rank for public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp?
- Poland ranks 1st out of 7 countries with data for 2021.
- Is public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.