Bulgaria vs Croatia: Public social spending as share of GDP

Bulgaria

20.5%

in 2021

Croatia

22.5%

in 2021

Bulgaria rank

21st

Croatia rank

19th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Croatia currently reports 22.5% against 20.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 2.0%.

That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Croatia has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 21st and Croatia ranks 19th 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.