AT · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Austria, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.5
Austria, 2017
▼ 1.4% vs 2016 (29.9)
Analysis
In 2017, Austria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.4% compared to 2016, reaching 29.5.
Austria accounts for 105.7% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Austria ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.6% (from 29.3 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
105.7%
EU-27: 27.9
Austria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098