Social expenditure (% of GDP, public and private)

OECDPeriod 2015~2024Retrieved 2026-11-09

Public social spending by government and social insurance, and private spending by employers and others, as a share of GDP. This is the OECD's standard for comparing countries.

2015: 9.05% → 2024: 15.33% (up 6.27 pp). Highest: 2022 (16.23%).

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Social expenditure (% of GDP, public and private) · 2015~2024 (unit: %)
YearPublicMandatory & voluntary private
20159.0522.644
20169.2472.587
20179.4732.544
201810.1722.788
201911.4233.082
202014.8763.556
202115.2223.561
202216.2353.52
202315.359-
202415.326-

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Reference (APA 7th)

OECD. (2026). Social expenditure database (SOCX): Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SOCX_AGG%40DF_SOCX_AGG&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SPD

Source https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SOCX_AGG%40DF_SOCX_AGG&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SPD

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