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.
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 |
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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.