Lithuania vs Switzerland: Public social spending as share of GDP

Lithuania

16.9%

in 2023

Switzerland

16.0%

in 2024

Lithuania rank

32nd

Switzerland rank

34th

Public social spending as share of GDP over time

Lithuania currently reports 16.9% against 16.0% in Switzerland, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Switzerland ahead.

Lithuania ranks 32nd and Switzerland ranks 34th 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.