Estonia vs Romania: Public social spending as share of GDP

Estonia

17.2%

in 2023

Romania

17.6%

in 2021

Estonia rank

30th

Romania rank

29th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Romania currently reports 17.6% against 17.2% in Estonia, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 30th and Romania ranks 29th 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.