Australia vs Switzerland: Public social spending as share of GDP

Australia

17.1%

in 2022

Switzerland

16.0%

in 2024

Australia rank

31st

Switzerland rank

34th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Australia currently reports 17.1% against 16.0% in Switzerland, a difference of 1.1%.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1930 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 31st and Switzerland ranks 34th 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.