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Database: Social Security Expenditure Database
Selected section: Total
Selected question: Cost of Social Security (ILO)
Selected indicator: Total Social Expenditure as percentage of GDP [ILO]
Selected countries 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
205Argentina   4.31       4.11 4.54 4.44  
505Australia   8.4 10.73 11.75          
407Austria         25.6 25.43 25.08 26.31  
409Belgium     28.47       27.21    
217Brazil           4.49 6.25 4.15  
219Canada     21.09 22.49 22.84 20.88 20.05 17.69  
229Chile   16.21 18.42 19.31 22.67 11.28 11.54 11.33  
315China   5.23 5.05 6.09 2.55        
223Colombia 1.39 2.6       4.52 6.09 6.61  
415Denmark   28.68 29.24 30.7 32.1 34.28 35.49 33.01  
421Finland   23.53 28.63 32.18 38.97 34.19 32.63 32.27  
423France   24.12              
424Germany         26.33 28.23 28.7 29.69  
431Greece   19.79       21.65 21.4    
321India     0.32            
437Ireland   18.28 19.39 20.17 20.2 18.8 18.58 17.81  
329Israel   14.21 13.45 13.27   17.77 18.37 24.08  
441Italy     10.85 12.24          
331Japan   15.69 16.26   17.88   12.86 13.66 13.75
339Korea, Republic of   1.67 2.66   2.18 2.58 2.61 2.85  
347Malaysia   2.67 1.12 2.4 0.15        
261Mexico           1.71 1.35 1.45  
451Netherlands   29.73 29.92 31.08 31.7        
519New Zealand     20.25 18.89   14.95 14.41 15.09  
81Nigeria     0.02            
453Norway   16.83 17.09 19.93          
275Peru           0.05 0.07 0.08  
361Philippines   0.97 1.17 1.44 3.01        
457Portugal   14.16 16.49 13.73 14.84 10.65 10.83 10.96  
367Saudi Arabia   0.15   0.2 0.21 0.16 0.17 0.21  
371Singapore           1.78 1.72 1.75  
417Spain   19.22 20.31 21.41 22.6 22.9 22.2 21.99  
465Sweden     37.06 39.86 40.05 37.16 35.31 34.66  
464Switzerland   13.28 17.25 20.79 20.53 25.46 25.92    
377Thailand       0.1 0.12        
467Turkey     4.63 5.11   4.2 4.16 5.23  
469United Kingdom     19.22 22.08 21.6        
291United States     15.2     15.45 15.38    

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2 : Cost of Social Security ILO

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