NAAG Chapter 6: Government — Social benefits and social transfers in kind for products supplied to households via market producers, paid by general government by country
The National Accounts at a Glance (NAAG) is based on the original publication and has nine chapters: The first chapter focuses on indicators of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The second is about income and related indicators and presents measures of net national income, savings and net lending/net borrowing. The...
What the numbers show
NAAG Chapter 6: Government — Social benefits and social transfers in kind for products supplied to households via market producers, paid by general government is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 26.05 Percentage of GDP in Germany; the lowest is 0.5725 Percentage of GDP in Indonesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.26 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 16.11 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 46.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 332.9%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 28.6%).
NAAG Chapter 6: Government — Social benefits and social transfers in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 26.05 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 2 | France | 25.78 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 25.67 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | Netherlands | 21.34 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 4 | Austria | 24.7 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 19.66 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 21.9% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 24.68 Percentage of GDP | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 5 | Slovenia | 18.97 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 6 | Italy | 22.68 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Lithuania | 16.39 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 7 | Finland | 22.34 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 7 | Estonia | 15.26 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 20.51 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Latvia | 14.8 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 20.09 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 10 | Spain | 19.63 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 11 | Greece | 19.19 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 12 | Portugal | 17.99 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 16.46 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 14 | Czechia | 16.37 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16.26 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 16 | Norway | 16.21 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 17 | United States of America | 15.33 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 15.3 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 19 | Sweden | 14.98 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 13.06 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 12.73 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 12.53 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 23 | Hungary | 12.02 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 11.04 Percentage of GDP | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 10.67 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 26 | Israel | 10.12 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 27 | Iceland | 9.47 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 28 | Ireland | 7.28 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 5.86 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | 4.18 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 31 | Indonesia | 0.5725 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 332.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 23.04 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 20.12 Percentage of GDP
- European Union 21.96 Percentage of GDP
- Korea 12.51 Percentage of GDP
About this data
The National Accounts at a Glance (NAAG) is based on the original publication and has nine chapters: The first chapter focuses on indicators of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The second is about income and related indicators and presents measures of net national income, savings and net lending/net borrowing. The third chapter looks at the expenditure approach to GDP, with information on the key components of demand and imports. The fourth chapter presents indicators from a production perspective. The fifth chapter looks at household sector indicators such as household disposable income, saving and net worth. The sixth chapter focuses on general government, presenting indicators such as general government revenue, expenditure and gross debt. The seventh chapter looks at financial and non-financial corporations. The eighth chapter presents indicators of capital stock and depreciation. Finally, chapter 9 provides reference indicators, important in their own right but also because they are used in the construction of many of the indicators presented elsewhere in NAAG.