Pearson, Mark (contributor); Martin, John P. (contributor) - 2005
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OTHER public expenditure
Public SOCIAL expenditure
Sources: Estimates based on OECD (2004 and 2004a).
4 … countries except Japan.
On average, public social spending accounted for 21% of GDP for the OECD area and 24% for the EU
(OECD … Canada Denmark France
Germany Japan Netherlands Sweden
United Kingdom United States OECD 21 EU 15
1. Unweighted averages …