BG · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
16.8
Bulgaria, 2017
▼ 2.9% vs 2016 (17.3)
Analysis
In 2017, Bulgaria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.9% compared to 2016, reaching 16.8.
Bulgaria accounts for 60.3% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.2% (from 16.5 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
60.3%
EU-27: 27.9
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098