Australia vs Estonia: Public social spending as share of GDP

Australia

17.1%

in 2022

Estonia

17.2%

in 2023

Australia rank

31st

Estonia rank

30th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Estonia currently reports 17.2% against 17.1% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 31st and Estonia ranks 30th of 42 countries.

Indicator: Public social spending as share of GDP
Unit: % of GDP
Source: OECD (2025); OECD (1985); Lindert (2004) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 42 places, 1,937 data points, 1880–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Public social expenditure divided bt gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.