BE · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Belgium, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
28.8
Belgium, 2018
▼ 0.7% vs 2017 (29.0)
Analysis
In 2018, Belgium's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 0.7% compared to 2017, reaching 28.8.
Belgium accounts for 104.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.8% (from 29.9 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
104.0%
EU-27: 27.7
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098