BE · 2021 · tps00101
Expenditure on social protection by type
Belgium, 2021
In 2021, Belgium's expenditure on social protection by type increased by 2.9% compared to 2020, reaching 3.56.
Belgium accounts for 112.7% of the EU-27 total of 3.16.
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 4.0% (from 3.71 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00101, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.