Graph and download economic data for Government current expenditures: Income security: Welfare and social services (G160371A027NBEA) from 1959 to 2023 about social assistance, expenditures, government, income, services, GDP, and USA.

In 2024/25 the United Kingdom spent an estimated 313 billion British pounds on welfare, compared with 297 billion pounds in the previous year.

Russia Regional Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Social Security: Social Welfare data was reported at 1,119.039 RUB bn in Jul 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 962.294 RUB bn for Jun 2022. Russia Regional Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Social Security: Social Welfare data is updated monthly, averaging 385.361 RUB bn from Jan 2005 (Median) to Jul 2022, with 210 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,891.385 RUB bn in Dec 2020 and a record low of 5.200 RUB bn in Jan 2005. Russia Regional Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Social Security: Social Welfare data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Treasury. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table RU.FC004: Regional Government Expenditure: ytd.

This statistic shows the share of social welfare spending in recurrent government expenditure in Hong Kong from 2011/12 to 2022/22. In 2021/22, the estimated share of social welfare in the total expenditure of Hong Kong's government was around **** percent.

China Government Expenditure: Social Security & Employment data was reported at 503.000 RMB bn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 399.100 RMB bn for Dec 2024. China Government Expenditure: Social Security & Employment data is updated monthly, averaging 149.000 RMB bn from Jan 2007 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 203 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 503.000 RMB bn in Mar 2025 and a record low of 22.240 RMB bn in Jan 2007. China Government Expenditure: Social Security & Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table CN.FA: Government Revenue and Expenditure: Monthly.

Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Social Security: Social Welfare data was reported at 2,454.371 RUB bn in Jul 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,147.964 RUB bn for Jun 2022. Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Social Security: Social Welfare data is updated monthly, averaging 667.242 RUB bn from Jan 2005 (Median) to Jul 2022, with 210 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,040.415 RUB bn in Dec 2021 and a record low of 5.900 RUB bn in Jan 2005. Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Social Security: Social Welfare data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Treasury. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table RU.FA004: Consolidated Government Expenditure: ytd.

United States - Government current expenditures: Federal: Income security: Welfare and social services was 297.86000 Bil. of $ in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Government current expenditures: Federal: Income security: Welfare and social services reached a record high of 894.48800 in January of 2021 and a record low of 2.20500 in January of 1960. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Government current expenditures: Federal: Income security: Welfare and social services - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

The government activity which received the greatest share of government spending among member states of the European Union in 2022 was social protection. Social protection refers to welfare measures such as family and child benefits, unemployment benefits, social assistance programs and other social security expenditures. Some member states, such as Finland, Luxembourg, and Italy, spend more than 40 percent on this function, while countries such as Malta, Hungary, and Croatia spend less than 30 percent. Other common government activities such as providing health care, expenditure on economic affairs such as infrastructure and subsidies, education services, and public order such as the police force.

Serbia Govt Expenditure: Current: Social Benefits data was reported at 9,256.555 RSD mn in Aug 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 9,023.106 RSD mn for Jul 2018. Serbia Govt Expenditure: Current: Social Benefits data is updated monthly, averaging 8,199.818 RSD mn from Jan 2003 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 188 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21,451.469 RSD mn in Dec 2015 and a record low of 1,486.400 RSD mn in Jan 2003. Serbia Govt Expenditure: Current: Social Benefits data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Serbia – Table RS.F005: Republic Budget.

Issue ownership theory posits that when social welfare is electorally salient, left-wing parties gain public support by rhetorically emphasizing social welfare issues. There is less research, however, on whether left-wing governing parties benefit from increasing social welfare spending. That is, it is not known whether leftist governments gain from acting on the issues they rhetorically emphasize. This article presents arguments that voters will not react to governments’ social welfare rhetoric, and reviews the conflicting arguments about how government support responds to social welfare spending. It then reports time-series, cross-sectional analyses of data on government support, governments’ social welfare rhetoric and social welfare spending from Britain, Spain and the United States, that support the prediction that government rhetoric has no effects. The article estimates, however, that increased social welfare spending sharply depresses support for both left- and right-wing governments. These findings highlight a strategic dilemma for left-wing governments, which lose public support when they act on their social welfare rhetoric by increasing welfare spending.

The Global Welfare Dataset (GLOW) is a cross-national panel dataset that aims at facilitating comparative social policy research on the Global North and Global South. The database includes 381 variables on 61 countries from years between 1989 and 2015. The database has four main categories of data: welfare, development, economy and politics.The data is the result of an original data compilation assembled by using information from several international and domestic sources. Missing data was supplemented by domestic sources where available. We sourced data primarily from these international databases:Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity – ASPIRE (World Bank)Government Finance Statistics (International Monetary Fund)Social Expenditure Database – SOCX (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)Social Protection Statistics – ESPROSS (Eurostat)Social Security Inquiry (International Labour Organization)Social Security Programs Throughout the World (Social Security Administration)Statistics on Income and Living Conditions – EU-SILC (European Union)World Development Indicators (World Bank)However, much of the welfare data from these sources are not compatible between all country cases. We conducted an extensive review of the compatibility of the data and computed compatible figures where possible. Since the heart of this database is the provision of social assistance across a global sample, we applied the ASPIRE methodology in order to build comparable indicators across European and Emerging Market economies. Specifically, we constructed indicators of average per capita transfers and coverage rates for social assistance programs for all the country cases not included in the World Bank’s ASPIRE dataset (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.)For details, please see:https://glow.ku.edu.tr/about

Argentina Central Govt Expenditure: Social: Social Security data was reported at 14,531,717.982 ARS mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,523,234.930 ARS mn for 2022. Argentina Central Govt Expenditure: Social: Social Security data is updated yearly, averaging 17,990.900 ARS mn from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2023, with 44 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14,531,717.982 ARS mn in 2023 and a record low of 0.000 ARS mn in 1980. Argentina Central Govt Expenditure: Social: Social Security data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Treasury. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.F014: Government Expenditure: Central: Current Price.

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China Government Expenditure: PS: Social Welfare and Refief Funds data was reported at 32,422.000 RMB mn in 2005. This records an increase from the previous number of 26,658.000 RMB mn for 2004. China Government Expenditure: PS: Social Welfare and Refief Funds data is updated yearly, averaging 522.000 RMB mn from Dec 1952 (Median) to 2005, with 52 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32,422.000 RMB mn in 2005 and a record low of 66.000 RMB mn in 1952. China Government Expenditure: PS: Social Welfare and Refief Funds data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table CN.FA: Government Expenditure: By Other Category.

Yemen Government Expenditure: SB: Social Benefits data was reported at 23,167.000 YER mn in Sep 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 20,466.000 YER mn for Aug 2014. Yemen Government Expenditure: SB: Social Benefits data is updated monthly, averaging 5,997.000 YER mn from Jan 2007 (Median) to Sep 2014, with 93 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44,426.000 YER mn in Dec 2013 and a record low of 1,668.000 YER mn in Jan 2007. Yemen Government Expenditure: SB: Social Benefits data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Yemen – Table YE.F001: Government Revenue and Expenditure.

Social protection spending in the United Kingdom reached 383.9 billion British pounds in 2024/25, compared with 364.7 billion pounds in the previous year.

Albania General Govt: Expenditure: Year to Date: Social Protection data was reported at 226,753.000 ALL mn in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 192,057.000 ALL mn for Nov 2024. Albania General Govt: Expenditure: Year to Date: Social Protection data is updated monthly, averaging 40,726.500 ALL mn from Jan 1997 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 334 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 226,753.000 ALL mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 1,734.000 ALL mn in Jan 1997. Albania General Govt: Expenditure: Year to Date: Social Protection data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance and Economy. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Albania – Table AL.F005: General Government Expenditure: ytd: by Function.

In fiscal year 2024, the expenditure on social welfare by the government of Taiwan accounted for approximately **** percent of the total governmental spending. This showed a slight increase compared to the previous year.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare is in charge of the government budget subsidy for local governmentsSummary table of the Ministry of Health and Welfare's administration of public business budget subsidies for private organizations and individuals

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