Ireland vs Israel: Public social spending as share of GDP

Ireland

14.4%

in 2024

Israel

16.3%

in 2023

Ireland rank

36th

Israel rank

33rd

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Israel currently reports 16.3% against 14.4% in Ireland, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Israel's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 36th and Israel ranks 33rd of 42 regions.

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.