Public social spending as share of GDP in Czechia
Czechia: Public social spending as share of GDP was 22.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Public social spending as share of GDP in Czechia, 1990–2024
Source: OECD (2025); OECD (1985); Lindert (2004) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, public social spending as share of gdp in Czechia stood at 22.1%.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public social spending as share of gdp in Czechia peaked at 22.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 1990.
Czechia ranks 20th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.8% | 13.9% | 17.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 17.4% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.6% | 18.7% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.0% | 21.2% | 22.9% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public social spending as share of gdp in Czechia?
- Public social spending as share of gdp in Czechia was 22.1% in 2024, according to OECD (2025); OECD (1985); Lindert (2004) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest public social spending as share of gdp recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 22.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest public social spending as share of gdp recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 1990.
- How does Czechia rank for public social spending as share of gdp?
- Czechia ranks 20th out of 42 countries with data for 2024.
- Is public social spending as share of gdp rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2025); OECD (1985); Lindert (2004) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Public social spending as share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Public social expenditure divided bt gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.