Countries with the lowest social security spending

[eugenekop]

I couldn't find this data on the web. Does anyone know which western countries have the lowest social security/welfare spending as percentage of budget?

[fisharmor]

I couldn't find this data on the web. Does anyone know which western countries have the lowest social security/welfare spending as percentage of budget?

My money says it's the ones that are run by gangsters who confiscate the US aid which is supposed to do the same job as wealthier countries' internal safety nets....

[Zippyjuan]

Only a partial list (sixteen countries) as a percent of GDP: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_net_soc_exp_of_gdp-economy-net-social-expenditure-gdp

Chart: Public and Private Social Spending as a percent of GDP
http://www.oecd.org/vgn/images/portal/cit_731/33/30/46324341Chart_SOCX_2010.JPG

http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3343,en_2649_34637_38141385_1_1_1_1,00.html
They have more data which was slow to load so I did not explore that further.