Public social spending as share of GDP in Slovenia
Slovenia: Public social spending as share of GDP was 23.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Public social spending as share of GDP in Slovenia, 1995–2024
Source: OECD (2025); OECD (1985); Lindert (2004) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Slovenia recorded 23.0% for public social spending as share of gdp in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public social spending as share of gdp in Slovenia peaked at 25.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 1995.
Slovenia ranks 17th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Public social spending as share of GDP in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.7% | — |
| 1996 | 22.0% | +286.9% |
| 1997 | 22.3% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 22.4% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 22.4% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 22.2% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 22.2% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 22.6% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 22.1% | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 21.7% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 21.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 21.2% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 19.8% | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 20.0% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 22.7% | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 23.6% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 23.6% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 23.7% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 24.1% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 23.3% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 22.9% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 21.7% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 21.5% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 21.6% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 25.2% | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 24.5% | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 23.9% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 22.6% | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 23.0% | +1.6% |
Slovenia compared with similar countries
- Slovenia's 23.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 22.3%, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Slovenia's 23.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 23.0%, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public social spending as share of GDP in Slovenia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +286.9% | 5.7% | 22.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.0% | 5.7% | 22.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 21.6% | 19.8% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.8% | 21.5% | 24.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.9% | 22.6% | 25.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
More reference data data for Slovenia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1291 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.064 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3634 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0228 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3634 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4328 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2921 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3244 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.124 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public social spending as share of gdp in Slovenia?
- Public social spending as share of gdp in Slovenia was 23.0% 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest public social spending as share of gdp recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 1995.
- How does Slovenia rank for public social spending as share of gdp?
- Slovenia ranks 17th out of 42 countries with data for 2024.
- Is public social spending as share of gdp rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.