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When it comes to making life easier and more convenient for people in each country, one of the most important things is the welfare state. It is social service in terms of welfare provided by the government to give better quality of life and more comfort to people. For example, health welfare, basic education, unemployment insurance and public transportation.
The followings are countries with the world’s top welfare state;
France is a country with a comprehensive distribution of social welfare and the highest budget for social welfare programs in the world, accounting for 31.1% of GDP. Most of the money is spent on health and the elderly programs.
Apart from being the country which has the best education system in the world, the budget for welfare programs is also being devoted up to 29.6 percent of GDP. The elderly, especially for the low-income elderly, will be the main group who receive welfare benefits.
The government of Denmark devotes a budget of 29.2% of GDP to being in the chart of the highest social welfare programs in the world. The government aims to ensure that people receive equal welfare benefits and spend their budget on various welfare programs, especially the elderly and health programs.
The budget for welfare state programs is up to 28.7% of GDP. A part of the budget is spent on a welfare program to help the labor and the unemployed. In addition, there are welfare programs to support families and help the disabled, as well as health services.
Italy’s budget proportion on welfare state programs is 27.6% of GDP. More than 16% of the budget is spent on welfare benefits for the elderly. Italy’s people who are over 65 years old are more than 21% of the population.
Welfare budgets are spending 27.3%of GDP. A part of the budget is used in a program to help the elderly and the disabled, including health service and more than 30% of the budget is spent on a program to help the poor and working people.
Sweden is known as one of the world’s best welfare states , spending 26% of its GDP on social welfare. The budget used is a result of high taxes, but it is a pleasure for the public in exchange for quality public services such as health, basic education, unemployment insurance and public transportation.
Germany is one of the countries that spend more than 25.4% of their GDP on social welfare programs. More than 10% of the budget is spent on a program to help the elderly which is more than 21% of the population at 83 million people.
The government of Norway allocates a budget more than 25.2% of GDP to use in welfare state programs. Norway’s good welfare system is the result of high tax collection compared to other countries. One fourth of the budget is used to develop life quality programs and contribute money to the population with the lowest income. It helps reduce inequality and poverty in the country quite well.
Even in previous years, Greece had suffered from debt problems and financial crises, but it had spent 24.7%of its GDP on social welfare.The budget has continued to increase since 2005. Most of the budget is spent on health benefits and pensions, the highest in the world.
