Australia vs Hungary: Public social spending as share of GDP

Australia

17.1%

in 2022

Hungary

18.0%

in 2024

Australia rank

31st

Hungary rank

28th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Hungary currently reports 18.0% against 17.1% in Australia, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Hungary's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Hungary ahead.

Australia ranks 31st and Hungary ranks 28th 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.