Public social expenditure (% of total government spending)

Name: Public social expenditure (% of total government spending)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2013~2022Retrieved 2026-11-09

Share of all government spending that goes to social welfare.

2013: 28.82% → 2022: 43.85% (up 15.03 pp). Highest: 2022 (43.85%).

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Public social expenditure (% of total government spending) · 2013~2022 (unit: %)
Year	Public social expenditure (% of total government spending)
2013	28.823
2014	29.749
2015	31.263
2016	32.153
2017	32.944
2018	34.563
2019	35.79
2020	41.442
2021	43.016
2022	43.852

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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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