Austria vs Belgium: Public social spending as share of GDP

Austria

31.6%

in 2024

Belgium

28.6%

in 2024

Austria rank

1st

Belgium rank

4th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Austria currently reports 31.6% against 28.6% in Belgium, a difference of 3.0%.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1880 it was Belgium ahead.

Austria ranks 1st and Belgium ranks 4th 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.