Israel vs South Korea: Public social spending as share of GDP

Israel

16.3%

in 2023

South Korea

15.3%

in 2024

Israel rank

33rd

South Korea rank

35th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Israel currently reports 16.3% against 15.3% in South Korea, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Israel's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 33rd and South Korea ranks 35th 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.