Bulgaria vs Czechia: Public social spending as share of GDP

Bulgaria

20.5%

in 2021

Czechia

22.1%

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

21st

Czechia rank

20th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Czechia currently reports 22.1% against 20.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 1.6%.

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

Across all 17 years both countries report, Czechia has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 21st and Czechia ranks 20th 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.