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> In real terms the budget is the largest it's ever been Which it needs to be given the demographic changes you note. It's about 15% smaller per capita than co

> In real terms the budget is the largest it's ever been Which it needs to be given the demographic changes you note. It's about 15% smaller per capita than comparable countries spend. That would suggest that we need to increase the budget if we want comparable service.

graemep 1y ago
That has changed in recent years. Now greater than in France in absolute spend per capita, would need a 7.5% increase to match in terms of GDP. It would still require a 15% increase to match Germany in absolute per capita, but only 8.5% in percentage of GDP. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD?locations=FR-DE-GB https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD?locat... https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?end=2023&locations=FR-DE-GB&start=2000&view=chart https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?end=2...