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Social spend (OECD)

Public social expenditure covering pensions, healthcare, and family support as a percentage of GDP from the OECD SOCX database.

23.1%Poland · 2024

OECDRetrieved: 2026-09-15
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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID ed406aeaa994Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1980–2024; observations: 45; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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45 rows for Poland

Time range:
0.05.010.015.020.025.019801990200020102020202423.1
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Poland

Period statistics

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Poland

0.0→23.1

Total change
+23.1 pp
Period
1980–2024

Poland: 0.0 (1980) → 23.1 (2024). Difference: +23.1 pp. Peak value of 24.0 in 1992; lowest value of 0.0 in 1980.

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Social spend (OECD) — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland23.1%
2023Poland21.9%
2022Poland20.7%
2021Poland22.2%
2020Poland23.5%
2019Poland21%
2018Poland20.3%
2017Poland20.7%
2016Poland21.2%
2015Poland20.2%
2014Poland20.3%
2013Poland20.7%
2012Poland19.9%
2011Poland19.6%
2010Poland20.8%
2009Poland21.3%
2008Poland20.1%
2007Poland19.5%
2006Poland20.6%
2005Poland20.8%
Source
OECD
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions
Published by source
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Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
DF_SOCX_AGG ES10 PT_B1GQ
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

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Longseries, “Social spend (OECD)”. OECD (DF_SOCX_AGG ES10 PT_B1GQ), 1980–2024, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-09-15. OECD Terms and Conditions. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: ed406aeaa994726b1c7eb599647f755f0c6cf9352e7095cdd5df1bd3e38d489a. https://longseries.com/en/d/oecd-social-spend/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — France; lowest — Korea

12 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearFrance202430.6%30.6%
Germany202427.9%27.9%
Italy202427.6%27.6%
Sweden202426.1%26.1%
Japan202224.7%24.7%
Poland202423.1%23.1%
United Kingdom202323%23%
Czechia202422.1%22.1%
United States202419.8%19.8%
Canada202219.3%19.3%
Australia202217.1%17.1%
Lowest value in the comparable yearKorea202415.3%15.3%

About this series

Public social expenditure, % of GDP. OECD SOCX, public (ES10).

Indicator definition

Public social spending as a percentage of GDP from the OECD SOCX database. Encompasses social transfers and care services. See also: Tax take (OECD).

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Taxes and expenditures are two separate indicators. Do not subtract them directly here.

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