BE · 2016 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Belgium, 2016
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.4
Belgium, 2016
▼ 1.9% vs 2015 (29.9)
Analysis
In 2016, Belgium's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.9% compared to 2015, reaching 29.4.
Belgium accounts for 103.6% of the EU-27 total of 28.3.
Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
103.6%
EU-27: 28.3
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098