BG · 2016 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2016
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
17.3
Bulgaria, 2016
▼ 1.8% vs 2015 (17.7)
Analysis
In 2016, Bulgaria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.8% compared to 2015, reaching 17.3.
Bulgaria accounts for 61.2% of the EU-27 total of 28.3.
Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
61.2%
EU-27: 28.3
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098