Skip to page content
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
DOL Home > OASP > Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons > Chart 4.1


CHART 4.1

Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, 2004-05

  • Expenditures on labor market programs were less than 1 percent of GDP in the Republic of Korea, the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

  • The highest relative expenditures were in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Text only

Chart of Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, 2004-05

NOTE: 2004 for Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. 2005 for the Republic of Korea. Fiscal year 2004 for the United States and the United Kingdom. Fiscal year 2005 for Canada, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Previous Section Next Section