The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and (mandatory and voluntary) private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 37 OECD countries for the period 1980-2017 and estimates for 2018-2019.
SOCX Database - related documents and data |
November 2020: Social Expenditure Update - 8-page report (.pdf) (also en français)
Public social spending is high in many OECD countries - Insights from the OECD Social Expenditure database (SOCX)
See also background information:
- all figures from above SOCX data update 2020 ( in one .xlsx file)
January 2019: Social Expenditure Update - 8-page report (.pdf) (see also in French and Spanish) - all figures in one .xls file
Public social spending is high in many OECD countries - Insights from the OECD Social Expenditure database (SOCX)
October 2016: Social Expenditure Update - 8-page report (.pdf) (see also in Japanese)
Social spending stays at historically high levels in many OECD countries - Insights from the OECD Social Expenditure database (SOCX)
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 162, January 2015:
Are Recipients of Social Assistance 'Benefit Dependent'?
Concepts, Measurement and Results for Selected Countries
Social spending during the crisis: Social expenditure (SOCX) data update 2012 (November 2012)
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 124, October 2011:
Is the European welfare state really more expensive?
Indicators on social spending, 1980-2012 and a manual to the OECD Social Expenditure database (SOCX)
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 92, November 2009:
How Expensive is the Welfare State? Gross and Net Indicators in the OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX)
Social Expenditure Statistics of OECD Member Countries, Provisional Version (Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers No. 17)
Part I - Part II
Related data |
OECD databases:
- Social Benefit Recipients (SOCR)
- Social indicators from Society at a Glance
- Education database and Education at a Glance
Europe:
Eurostat Esspros database on social protection
Asia:
May 2017 A Decade of Social Protection Development in Selected Asian Countries
OECD Korea Policy Centre: SOCX technical papers
ADB Social Protection Index: Database - Vol. (2013) - Vol. 1 and 2 (2006)
Latin America:
UN ECLAC: Social Investment Portal in Latin America and the Caribbean
Worldwide:
IMF: A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending (June 2019): main paper - background papers - case studies
World Bank: Safety Net Spending
Related analyses |
May 2022: De-facto gaps in social protection for standard and non-standard workers - An approach for monitoring the accessibility and levels of income support - SEM-WP 217
April 2019: Can Social Protection Be an Engine for Inclusive Growth? - Development Centre Studies
April 2019: Left on your own? Social protection when labour markets are in flux - Employment Outlook 2019 chapter 7
May 2017: Policy Brief on the future of work Basic Income as a Policy Option: Can it add up?
October 2014: Society At a Glance 2014 Asia/Pacific: Looking at social protection globally, in the OECD and in the Asia/Pacific region
September 2011: Towards national social protection floors (.pdf at G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial)
OECD Employment Outlook 2007 - Chapter 4: Finding Social Protection: The Employment Effect
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