Social spending as share of GDP in Slovenia
Slovenia: Social spending as share of GDP was 0.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Social spending as share of GDP in Slovenia, 1996–2021
Source: OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Slovenia recorded 0.8% for social spending as share of gdp in 2021.
That represents a change of down 9.4% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social spending as share of gdp in Slovenia peaked at 0.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1999.
That places Slovenia 11th out of 42 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Social spending as share of GDP in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.4% | — |
| 1997 | 0.4% | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +29.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -15.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -11.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Slovenia
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 15.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0371 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 1,387 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 13.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.2123 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 7,936 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 8.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 0.1879 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 7,023 current LCU per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social spending as share of gdp in Slovenia?
- Social spending as share of gdp in Slovenia was 0.8% in 2021, according to OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest social spending as share of gdp recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest social spending as share of gdp recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1999.
- How does Slovenia rank for social spending as share of gdp?
- Slovenia ranks 11th out of 42 countries with data for 2021.
- Is social spending as share of gdp rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Social spending as share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Public social expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes both in-cash and in-kind benefits in other social policy programs.