Public social spending as share of GDP in Greece
Greece: Public social spending as share of GDP was 23.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Public social spending as share of GDP in Greece, 1960–2024
Source: OECD (2025); OECD (1985); Lindert (2004) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Greece recorded 23.7% for public social spending as share of gdp in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public social spending as share of gdp in Greece peaked at 28.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 1960.
Greece ranks 15th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.3% | 6.2% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 8.3% | 7.1% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.1% | 10.0% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.8% | 15.4% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.0% | 18.4% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.7% | 24.8% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.4% | 23.7% | 28.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More reference data data for Greece
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.1042 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7668 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 1.8 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.16 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.73 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 121.73 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public social spending as share of gdp in Greece?
- Public social spending as share of gdp in Greece was 23.7% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 28.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest public social spending as share of gdp recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 1960.
- How does Greece rank for public social spending as share of gdp?
- Greece ranks 15th out of 42 countries with data for 2024.
- Is public social spending as share of gdp rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Public social expenditure divided bt gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.