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Austria - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 23.23

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

23.23 (2024)

Global rank

##1 of 77 economies

Share of global total

4.4%

Growth since 2017

1.12×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55201720222025#5#12023 overtook Macao SAR, China2024 overtook Finland
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Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Austria climbed from #5 to #1 (overtook Macao SAR, China). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Austria ↓

Key Events — Austria

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2023
Overtook Macao SAR, China in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Finland in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2024

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
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