Table 1 Demographic, economic, inequality, and social support in Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, and Cuba

Political tradition (1950–2000) [4]

Social democratic parties

Christian democratic parties or conservative parties in Judeo-Christian tradition

Liberal parties or conservative parties of a liberal persuasion

Liberal parties or conservative parties of a liberal persuasion

Conservative dictatorship

Population, 2011 (millions) [11, 12]

9.4

16.7

33.9

313.2

11.3

Population density (people per square kilometer of land), 2010 [12]

22.9

492.6

3.8

33.8

105.8

Immigrants (foreign born population), 2009 [11, 12]

14.4%

11.1%

19.6%

12.7%

0.1%

GDP (output approach, USD, current prices and PPP*), 2010 (billions) [9, 11]

$369.0

$701.0

$1,332.6

$14,447.1

$114.1

GDP per capita (US dollars, current prices and PPP*), 2010 [9, 11]

$39,345

$42,218

$39,049

$46,587

$9,900

Gini coefficient level late 2000s, 2010 [11, 14]

0.26

0.29

0.32

0.38

0.5**

IHDI (2011) [15]

0.851

0.846

0.829

0.771

0.776***

Tax revenue (taxes on income, profits and capital gains as a % of GDP), 2009 [9, 11]

46.7%

38.2%

32.0%

34.3%

75.8%

Public expenditures on family as a % of GDP, 2007 [11]

Cash benefits

1.5%

0.6%

0.8%

0.1%

No equivalent data available

Benefits in kind

1.9%

1.4%

0.2%

0.6%

Total

3.4%

2.0%

1.0%

0.7%

Public expenditure on child care and early education services as a % of GDP, 2007 [60]

1.1%

0.7%

0.2%

0.4%

No equivalent data available

Health insurance funding

Government

Private, children have free insurance

Government

Private with some government

Government