Public expenditure on labour market policies
 
 
 
Active measures
% of GDP
Passive measures
% of GDP
1998
2006
2007
1998
2006
2007
 
Australia
0.4
 
0.3
 
0.3
 
1.1
 
0.5
 
0.4
 
 
Austria
0.5
 
0.7
 
0.7
 
1.4
 
1.4
 
1.2
 
 
Belgium
1.3
 
1.2
 
1.3
 
2.5
 
2.2
 
2.0
 
 
Canada
0.5
 
0.3
 
0.3
 
1.0
 
0.6
 
0.6
 
 
Czech Republic
0.1
 
0.3
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
 
Denmark
1.7
 
1.5
 
1.3
 
2.9
 
1.9
 
1.5
 
 
Finland
1.2
 
0.9
 
0.9
 
2.6
 
1.7
 
1.4
 
 
France
1.2
 
0.9
 
0.9
 
1.5
 
1.4
 
1.2
 
 
Germany
1.2
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
2.3
 
2.1
 
1.6
 
 
Greece
..
 
0.4
 
..
 
..
 
0.4
 
..
 
 
Hungary
0.4
 
0.3
 
0.3
 
0.6
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
 
Iceland
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Ireland
1.1
 
0.6
 
0.6
 
1.5
 
0.8
 
0.9
 
 
Italy
0.7
 
0.5
 
0.5
 
0.7
 
0.8
 
0.7
 
 
Japan
0.3
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.5
 
0.4
 
0.3
 
 
Korea
..
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
..
 
0.2
 
0.3
 
 
Luxembourg
0.6
 
0.5
 
0.5
 
0.6
 
0.6
 
0.5
 
 
Mexico
..
 
0.0
 
0.0
 
..
 
0.0
 
0.0
 
 
Netherlands
1.6
 
1.2
 
1.1
 
2.4
 
1.7
 
1.4
 
 
New Zealand
0.6
 
0.4
 
..
 
1.5
 
0.3
 
..
 
 
Norway
0.8
 
0.6
 
0.6
 
0.5
 
0.5
 
0.4
 
 
Poland
0.5
 
0.4
 
0.5
 
0.5
 
0.7
 
0.5
 
 
Portugal
0.6
 
0.6
 
0.5
 
0.8
 
1.2
 
1.1
 
 
Slovak Republic
0.4
 
0.3
 
0.2
 
0.8
 
0.3
 
0.4
 
 
Spain
0.6
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
1.6
 
1.4
 
1.4
 
 
Sweden
2.5
 
1.4
 
1.1
 
1.8
 
1.0
 
0.7
 
 
Switzerland
0.8
 
0.7
 
0.6
 
1.1
 
0.8
 
0.6
 
 
Turkey
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
United Kingdom
0.2
 
0.3
 
0.3
 
0.4
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
 
United States
0.2
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.3
 
 
OECD-Total
0.8
 
0.6
 
0.6
 
1.2
 
0.9
 
0.8
 
Last updated: 2 October 2009
Note:  Next update: June 2010. OECD unweighted average.
Source: OECD Employment Outlook. For further details, see: sources, definitions and related studies.