Indicateur SP 1 Total Public Social Protection and Health Expenditure as percentage of GDP
Countries 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Source Filter
Albania 10.84 10.24 10.6 10.06 - - - 9.54 - - - IMF X
Argentina 11.24 10.69 10.44 10.23 10.87 10.8 10.78 10.6 10.71 10.77 - IMF X
Armenia             2.9 2.7 2.5     SSI X
Aruba 13.2 17.2 17.5 16.8   SSI Secondary
Australia 17.79 17.92 17.62 17.81 16.9 17.9 17.4 17.5 17.9 - - OECD X
Australia 15.52 15.74 15.76 15.72 14.95 14.75 15.3 15.24 14.93 15.52 15.4 IMF Secondary
Australia           17.9 18.1 18.2 18.6     SSI Secondary
Austria 27.88 27.91 27.04 26.8 25.6 25.3 25.4 25.8 26.1 - - OECD Secondary
Austria 27.9 27.8 27.6 27.4 27.9 27.2 27.5 28.1 28.4 28.1 27.8 Eurostat X
Austria 29.52 29.22 29.24 29 29.11 28.67 26.82 27.7 28 27.92 - IMF Secondary
Azerbaijan 6.46 8.42 8.44 8.9 8.72 - - - - - - IMF Secondary
Azerbaijan             7.8 7.3 7.6     SSI X
Bahrain 3.64 3.48 3.58 3.67 2.1 3.26 4.26 4.47 3.47 4.04 3.4 IMF X
Bangladesh - - - - - - 1 1.1 1.16 1.22 - IMF X
Bangladesh                 1.6 2   SSI Secondary
Barbados           4.4 4.8 5 4.9 4.7   SSI Secondary
Belarus 16.73 16.28 16.46 15.92 15.31 16 18.07 17.88 18.14 17.77 18.63 IMF X
Belgium 25.07 25.53 24.21 24.54 25.9 25.3 25.7 26.1 26.5 - - OECD X
Belgium 25.9 26.5 25.7 25.6 25.6 25 25.6 26.7 27.8 28 28.3 Eurostat Secondary
Belgium 24.06 24.59 24.07 23.71 23.57 23.08 23.51 23.94 24.83 - - IMF Secondary
Belize           1 1.3 1.2 1.2 - - SSI Secondary
Bhutan 2.67 3.16 3.52 3.6 3.39 3.82 3.5 4.35 2.91 2.51 - IMF X
Bolivia 4.89 6.63 7.8 8.17 8.27 9.08 9.85 8.78 8.61 8.49 8.9 IMF X
Brazil - - 12.82 14.33 - - - - - - - IMF X
Bulgaria - - - - - - - - - - 15.5 Eurostat Secondary
Bulgaria 14.81 12.63 12.94 14.61 16.05 17.59 17.43 17.89 18.85 18.29 18.22 IMF X
Bulgaria             15.9 17.5 18.2     SSI Secondary
Burkina Faso           1.8 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6   SSI Secondary
Burundi 3.29 2.88 - - - - - - - - - IMF Secondary
Burundi           0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8   SSI X
Cambodia                     0.3 SSI Secondary
Cameroon           0.4 0.4 0.3       SSI Secondary
Canada 19.23 18.41 17.84 18.03 17 16.7 17.3 17.3 17.3 - - OECD Secondary
Canada 23.99 21.65 21.14 21.07 20.56 19.44 20.03 19.98 19.98 19.73 19.69 IMF X
Chile 8.42 8.89 8.93 9.53 10.56 10.65 10.18 10.09 9.68 9.01 8.99 IMF X
China 0.75 0.81 0.98 1.26 3.47 3.53 4.05 4.34 4.52 4.84 - IMF X
China 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.1 3 4.5 SSI Secondary
Chinese Taipei           9.6 10.2 10.1 10.4 13.3 14.7 SSI X
Congo - - - - - - - - 1.16 - - IMF Secondary
Costa Rica 9.09 9.92 9.98 9.98 9.57 10.41 10.22 - 9.24 - - IMF X
Côte d'Ivoire 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9   SSI Secondary
Croatia 20.19 21.69 22.34 23.21 26.08 26.58 26.41 24.25 23.27 22.32 - IMF X
Croatia 26.8 24.8 24.6   SSI Secondary
Cyprus - - - - - 14.6 14.7 16 18.1 17.5 17.9 Eurostat X
Cyprus 9.83 10.75 11.3 10.84 11.07 11.27 11.53 12.67 14.41 14.65 - IMF  
Cyprus           13.8 13.8 14.7       SSI Secondary
Czech Republic 18.64 18.59 19.41 19.42 20 20.3 20.4 21 21.1 - - OECD Secondary
Czech Republic 16.9 17 18 17.9 18.6 18.9 18.8 19.6 19.6 18.7 18.5 Eurostat Secondary
Czech Republic 17.01 16.72 18.91 18.71 19.23 19.26 19.37 19.82 19.91 19.15 18.67 IMF X
Denmark 32.85 32.13 31.03 30.1 26.8 25.8 26.4 26.9 27.6 - - OECD Secondary
Denmark 31 30.4 29.3 29.2 29 28.1 28.4 28.8 30 30 29.3 Eurostat X
Denmark - - - 29.72 29.42 28.19 28.65 29.29 30 30.39 - IMF Secondary
Dominica 2.25 2.46 2.81 2.69 2.97 3.46 - 3.94 4.45 4.56 - IMF X
Dominica 3.4 3.7 4.1   SSI Secondary
Egypt 5.3 1.05 1.11 - - - - - - - - IMF X
El Salvador - - - - - - 7.4 5.2 4.93 - 5.57 IMF X
Estonia - - - - - 13.8 12.9 12.5 12.4 12.9 12.3 Eurostat X
Estonia 14.39 16.04 15.25 15.62 17.14 15.01 14.39 - - - - IMF Secondary
Ethiopia - - - - - - 2.08 - - - - IMF X
Fiji                     2.9 SSI Secondary
Finland 31.24 30.97 28.72 26.54 22.8 21.3 21.4 21.9 22.5 - - OECD Secondary
Finland 30.6 30.4 28.3 26.1 25.6 24.3 24.1 24.8 25.7 25.8 25.9 Eurostat X
Finland - - - 28.25 28.11 26.3 26.5 27.45 28.18 28.38 - IMF Secondary
Finland           24.3 23.1         SSI Secondary
France 28.98 29.31 29.27 28.82 28.8 27.6 27.5 27.9 28.7 - - OECD Secondary
France 28.7 29.1 28.9 28.5 28.4 27.7 27.8 28.5 29 29.4 29.6 Eurostat X
France 28.84 28.81 28.76 28.45 28.22 27.79 27.75 28.43 29.32 29.42 30.02 IMF Secondary
Gambia           1.3 1.2 0.3 0.3     SSI X
Georgia - - 5.69 5.2 5.22 4.92 4.88 4.31 5.09 7.07 7.17 IMF X
Germany 26.7 28.06 27.74 27.29 26.7 26.6 26.7 27.4 27.6 - - OECD Secondary
Germany 27.1 28.3 27.9 27.8 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.9 29.2 28.5 28.4 Eurostat X
Germany - - - - - - - - 28.94 28.05 28.07 IMF Secondary
Ghana           1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.9   SSI X
Greece 21.15 21.83 21.92 22.73 21.4 21.3 22.3 21.3 21.3 - - OECD Secondary
Greece 19.2 19.7 20.1 20.9 22 22.7 23.4 23.2 22.9 22.9 23.5 Eurostat X
Greece 21.29 21.68 21.84 22.07 22.57 23.03 23.8 23.88 24.48 23.95 5.73 IMF Secondary
Guinea           0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2   SSI Secondary
Guyana - - - - - - - - - - - ? Secondary
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - - - - - - - 5.15 5.56 5.26 - IMF X
Hungary - - - - 21.6 20.6 20.7 21.9 22.7 - - OECD Secondary
Hungary - - - - 20.3 18.9 18.9 19.9 20.7 20.3 21.4 Eurostat X
Hungary 21.11 19.25 18.77 18.9 18.74 19.12 19.19 20.29 - - - IMF Secondary
Iceland 18.63 18.32 18.12 18.44 15.4 15.3 15.6 17.3 18.7 - - OECD X
Iceland 18.5 18.3 18.1 17.9 18.5 18.9 19.1 20.9 22.6 22.3 21.4 Eurostat Secondary
Iceland 16.95 16.51 15.72 16.06 16.71 16.68 16.37 17.91 - - - IMF Secondary
India - - - - - - - - - - 4 SSI X
Indonesia 1.35 1.48 1.58 1.41 1.56 - 2.1 1.34 1.4 1.38 - IMF X
Indonesia 1.7   SSI Secondary
Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.49 4.66 4.94 5.73 6.53 7.37 8.84 8.17 9.17 8.52 9.4 IMF X
Ireland 19.61 18.52 17.16 15.77 14.2 13.6 14.4 15.5 15.9 - - OECD Secondary
Ireland 14.2 13.3 12.3 11.4 13.9 13.4 14.4 16.1 16.6 17 17 Eurostat X
Ireland 18.17 17.4 15.92 14.98 15.74 13.56 14.36 15.37 16.11 16.21 - IMF Secondary
Israel 17.03 17.93 18.78 19.13 18.99 18.43 19.92 20.18 19.63 18.74 18.21 IMF X
Italy 23.75 24.38 24.94 25.07 23.3 23.2 23.3 23.8 24.2 - - IMF Secondary
Italy 23.2 23.4 24.1 23.7 23.9 23.8 24 24.4 24.9 25.1 25.5 OECD X
Italy 23.62 23.08 23.54 23.32 23.5 23.49 23.6 23.92 24.16 24.5 - Eurostat Secondary
Jamaica 2.46 3.02 3.3 3.52 2.69 1.59 - - - - - IMF X
Japan 13.47 13.91 14.32 14.66 15.4 16.1 16.8 17.5 17.7 - - OECD Secondary
Japan - - - - - - 18.15 18.71 19.77 19.06 - IMF X
Japan           16.1 16.8 17.5 17.3     SSI Secondary
Jordan           1.4 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.4   SSI Secondary
Kazakhstan - - 13.62 12.09 10.09 8.67 7.66 7.21 7.14 6.87 6.99 IMF X
Kazakhstan 6.9 7.1 7.3 6.7   SSI Secondary
Kenya 0.12 - - - - - - - - - - IMF X
Korea, Republic of 3.67 3.9 4.27 5.94 6.3 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.7 - - OECD X
Korea, Republic of 1.46 1.61 1.86 2.48 2.96 3.31 2.98 3.25 2.97 2.68 2.95 IMF Secondary
Korea, Republic of           4.9 5.4 5.3 5.9 5.5   SSI Secondary
Kuwait 11.12 9.58 9.48 11.66 11.8 - - 11.47 8.1 7.11 5.56 IMF X
Kuwait           9.9 6.2 8.4 7.9 10   SSI Secondary
Kyrgyzstan 4.41 2.5 2.15 2.11 1.74 1.5 1.46 - - - - IMF Secondary
Kyrgyzstan           1.9 1.7 5 4.8 6.1   SSI X
Lao People's Democratic Republic                     0.6 SSI X
Latvia - - 15 15.8 16.9 14.9 13.9 13.4 13.1 12.3 11.9 Eurostat X
Latvia 17.08 17.23 16.47 17.55 18.53 16.11 14.81 14.48 13.79 13.15 12.85 IMF Secondary
Lebanon 3.15 3.55 - - - - - - - - - IMF X
Liberia 12.93 13.6 13.37 15.07 15.96 15.75 14.91 13.83 13.31 14.54 14.76 IMF X
Lithuania - 13.1 13.5 14.8 15.9 15.4 14.3 13.7 13.1 12.9 12.8 Eurostat X
Luxembourg 23.3 23.51 22.33 22.09 21.7 20.4 19.8 21.6 22.2 - - OECD Secondary
Luxembourg 20 20.4 20.7 20.4 19.8 18.8 20.5 21.2 21.8 21.9 21.4 Eurostat X
Luxembourg - 21.65 - - 20.7 19.91 29.68 30.5 31.17 31.66 31.77 IMF Secondary
Macau - 2.7 3.01 3.31 4.89 4.63 4.65 4.51 4.39 3.5 3.32 IMF X
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of             17.8 24.8 19.2     SSI X
Madagascar 7.34 6.34 5.75 - - - 7.83 7.08 7.2 10.87 - IMF X
Malaysia 2.65 - - - - - - - - - - IMF Secondary
Malaysia             1.5 1.6 1.6 4.2   SSI Secondary
Maldives 4.77 4.5 4.66 4.65 4.75 5.12 5.24 5.07 5.7 6.07 10.4 IMF X
Malta 15.5 16.7 17.2 17.2 17.1 16.2 17.1 17.2 17.6 18.2 18.1 Eurostat X
Malta 16.65 18.13 18.41 18.49 18.44 17.44 18.19 19.5 20.34 21.09 - IMF Secondary
Marshall Islands           7.4 8.8 8.8 9.5 9.9 - SSI Secondary
Mauritius 6.07 6.28 6.68 6.69 7.16 7.13 7.29 7.42 7.37 7.68 7.58 IMF X
Mexico 7.44 7.54 8.02 8.22 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.8 - - OECD X
Mexico 3.68 3.46 3.49 3.65 3.93 3.99 - - - - - IMF Secondary
Moldova, Republic of - 18.39 23.11 18.95 13.85 15.18 12.67 13.29 12.86 17.78 15.88 IMF X
Mongolia 6.44 7.86 8.55 10.31 - 11.96 13.3 12.09 - - - IMF X
Montenegro               22.4 23.7     SSI X
Morocco 3.31 - 3.48 3.66 4.07 - - - - - - IMF X
Mozambique 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 SSI Secondary
Myanmar 0.76 0.62 0.51 0.3 0.3 0.49 0.43 0.46 - - - IMF X
Nepal 0.68 0.69 1.15 1.38 1.19 1.41 1.37 1.75 1.65 1.63 1.67 IMF X
Nepal                 1.2   1.8 SSI Secondary
Netherlands 25.92 25.9 25.48 24.54 19.9 19.3 19.5 19.9 20.7 - - Eurostat Secondary
Netherlands 28.9 28 27 26.1 25.4 24.7 24.8 25.8 26.5 26.4 26.3 OECD X
Netherlands 23.64 22.76 22.07 21.47 21.06 20.5 20.53 21.28 21.89 21.84 - IMF Secondary
New Zealand 19.32 19.67 20.76 20.97 19.3 19.1 18.4 18.4 18 - - OECD Secondary
New Zealand - - - - - - - - - 17.32 17.8 IMF X
Niger           0.3 0.3 0.3       SSI Secondary
Norway 27.62 26.48 26.16 26.97 24.6 22.2 23.2 24.6 25.1 - - OECD Secondary
Norway 25.9 25.2 24.5 26.3 26.4 23.9 24.9 25.5 26.7 25.4 23.4 Eurostat X
Norway 24.6 23.79 23.36 25.12 25.14 22.59 23.66 25.75 26.55 25.61 24 IMF Secondary
Pakistan - - - 0.35 0.32 0.27 0.23 0.32 0.29 0.16 0.16 IMF X
Pakistan 1.6 1.6   SSI Secondary
Panama 11.21 9.99 9.1 9.3 8.4 9.21 9.59 - - - - IMF X
Papua New Guinea                     0.2 SSI X
Philippines           1.6 1.9 1.8       SSI X
Poland - - - - 22.2 21.2 22.4 23 22.9 - - OECD Secondary
Poland - - - - - 19.1 20.5 20.7 20.7 19.7 19.2 Eurostat Secondary
Poland 23.08 23.43 23.36 21.96 21.89 21.11 23.46 23.71 24.2 22.82 22.05 IMF X
Poland           18.9 20 23.6       SSI Secondary
Portugal 17.51 18.2 17.83 18.21 19.5 20.2 20.9 22.2 23.5 - - OECD Secondary
Portugal 19.1 18.2 18 18.3 18.7 19.4 20 21.7 22.4 23 - Eurostat X
Portugal - - 17.57 17.88 18.25 18.87 19.92 20.51 20.99 21.68 - IMF Secondary
Romania - - - - - 12.9 12.9 13.1 12.3 14.8 13.9 Eurostat X
Romania 12.71 12.21 12.64 13.9 15.55 14.53 14.84 14.17 - - - IMF Secondary
Romania             12.2 12.2 11.7     SSI Secondary
Russian Federation - - - - 11.14 10.05 11.42 12.31 12.35 11.5 12.67 IMF X
Rwanda           0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4   SSI X
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.7 2.8   SSI Secondary
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.1 6.37 6.57 6.59 6.5 7.26 7.01 7.75 6.96 6.86 - IMF X
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.4   SSI Secondary
San Marino - - - - - - - 23.25 - - - IMF X
Senegal - - 0.15 0.16 - - - - - - - IMF Secondary
Senegal               1.9 1.8 1.9   SSI X
Serbia               20.5 23.1     SSI X
Seychelles 11.83 13.45 14.3 12.77 12.87 11.5 11.68 11.45 12.16 13.77 12.92 IMF X
Sierra Leone               0.1 0.1 0.3   SSI X
Singapore 2.03 3.37 1.42 1.57 1.55 1.63 3.97 1.84 1.86 1.54 - IMF X
Slovakia 13.53 13.43 13.13 13.57 18.8 18.1 17.8 17.9 17.3 - - OECD Secondary
Slovakia 17.8 18.5 18.7 19.1 19.3 18.7 18.4 18.4 17.6 16.7 16.4 Eurostat X
Slovakia - 20.08 19.38 18.77 18.97 18.39 18.61 20.55 21.6 20.86 18.8 IMF Secondary
Slovenia - 23.6 24.1 24.3 24.2 24 24.2 24.2 23.6 23.2 22.9 Eurostat X
Slovenia 21.49 21.24 21.61 22.12 21.9 24.55 25.03 24.74 24.69 24.18 24.34 IMF Secondary
Solomon Islands                     0.7 SSI X
South Africa 6.25 6.77 7.36 7.04 6.83 6.88 7.43 8.04 8.52 - - IMF X
Spain 20.94 20.92 20.16 19.71 20.4 20.4 20.2 20.2 20.3 - - OECD Secondary
Spain 20.9 20.9 20.3 19.7 19.3 19.8 19.5 19.8 19.9 20.2 20.3 Eurostat X
Spain 19.76 19.31 18.96 - - 18.28 17.96 18.14 18.2 18.51 - IMF Secondary
Sri Lanka           1.8 5 5.2 4.8     SSI X
Sudan           0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3     SSI Secondary
Sweden 33.03 32.99 32.26 30.98 30.1 28.8 29.3 30.4 31.3 - - OECD Secondary
Sweden 33.8 33.2 32.3 31.5 31.2 30.1 30.1 31.1 32 31.5 30.9 Eurostat X
Sweden 22.64 21.84 20.21 30.13 30.19 29.17 31.24 30.9 31.92 31.39 - IMF Secondary
Switzerland 26.2 27.53 28.54 28.28 18.8 18 18.7 19.4 20.5 - - OECD X
Switzerland 23.4 24.2 25.1 24.9 25 24.5 25.1 25.9 26.9 27.3 27.1 Eurostat Secondary
Switzerland 25.28 26.65 26.99 26.92 26.8 25.76 19.05 17.4 - - - IMF Secondary
Syrian Arab Republic 1.49 1.36 1.33 1.93 1.78 - - - - - - IMF X
Tajikistan - - - 1.57 3.48 3.28 3.36 - - - - IMF X
Tanzania, United Republic of           0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.1 SSI X
Thailand 1.92 2.11 2.35 2.44 2.43 2.57 3.87 3.63 4.16 4.05 3.16 IMF X
Togo           1.3 2 1.8 1.3     SSI X
Tonga                     0.9 SSI X
Trinidad and Tobago 7.59 - - - - - 5.21 5.75 5.57 5.79 - IMF X
Trinidad and Tobago 0.8 1.5 1.2 1.1   SSI Secondary
Tunisia 7.5 7.65 7.4 7.59 7.68 7.98 8.01 8.52 8.65 8.84 9.11 IMF X
Turkey 7.46 10.41 11.72 11.59 13.2 - - - - - - OECD X
Turkey 1.39 1.8 3.92 4.01 - - - - - - - IMF Secondary
Tuvalu                     3.8 SSI X
Uganda - - - 0.3 0.37 0.55 0.86 0.99 0.92 - - IMF X
Ukraine - - - - 18.74 17.38 18.09 19.24 18.79 20.44 24.87 IMF X
United Arab Emirates - - 1.09 1.18 1.03 - - - - - - IMF X
United Kingdom 25.84 25.79 25.33 24.7 19 19.1 20.1 20.1 20.1 - - OECD Secondary
United Kingdom 26.8 26.6 26.2 25.6 25.1 25.9 26.3 25.4 25.8 25.8 26.3 Eurostat Secondary
United Kingdom 24.4 23.74 22.97 22.07 18.61 - 23.61 22.34 22.73 23.3 23.6 IMF X
United States 15.41 15.3 14.93 14.59 14.6 14.6 15.2 16 16.2 - - OECD Secondary
United States 16.39 16.01 15.74 15.38 15.01 15.05 13.59 14.45 14.64 14.46 14.49 IMF X
Uruguay 18.95 19.81 20.58 20.87 20.92 20.98 - - - - - IMF X
Uzbekistan                     8.3 SSI X
Vanuatu 2.34 1.73 2.36 - - - - - - - - IMF X
Vanuatu 0.6 SSI Secondary
Venezuela - - - - 4.03 4.66 4.24 3.88 4.64 4.15 4.06 IMF X
Viet Nam 4.27 4.03 3.89 3.34 3.03 3.21 2.79 2.47 2.68 2.67 - IMF X
Viet Nam 0 1.9 1.9 2.9 3.1   SSI Secondary
Yemen               2.7 4.5 4.7   SSI X
Zambia           1.6 0.9 1.2 1.1   1.7 SSI X
Zimbabwe 4.53 5.94   - - - - - - - - IMF X
Sources IMF
Eurostat
OECD
Social security inquiry (ILO)
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Notes X Main source X
For additional information Consult the social security expenditure database
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/sesame/IFPSES.SocialDBExp
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