BE · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Belgium, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
32.5
Belgium, 2020
▲ 13.4% vs 2019 (28.6)
Analysis
In 2020, Belgium's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 13.4% compared to 2019, reaching 32.5.
Belgium accounts for 103.2% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
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 grown by 8.5% (from 29.9 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
103.2%
EU-27: 31.5
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098