Public social expenditure by policy area (% of GDP)

Name: Public social expenditure by policy area (% of GDP)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2013~2022Retrieved 2026-11-09

Public social spending split into areas such as old age, health, family and unemployment, as a share of GDP.

2013: 2% → 2022: 3.62% (up 1.61 pp). Highest: 2022 (3.62%).

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Public social expenditure by policy area (% of GDP) · 2013~2022 (unit: %)
Year	Public social expenditure by policy area (% of GDP)
2013	2.004
2014	2.238
2015	2.433
2016	2.454
2017	2.534
2018	2.66
2019	2.909
2020	3.299
2021	3.358
2022	3.618

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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

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