BE · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Belgium, 2023
In 2023, Belgium's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 0.9% compared to 2022, reaching 28.9.
Belgium accounts for 103.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 0.6% (from 28.8 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.