Estonia vs Netherlands: Public social spending as share of GDP

Estonia

17.2%

in 2023

Netherlands

18.9%

in 2024

Estonia rank

30th

Netherlands rank

27th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Netherlands currently reports 18.9% against 17.2% in Estonia, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Netherlands ahead.

Estonia ranks 30th and Netherlands ranks 27th 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.