BG · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
16.9
Bulgaria, 2018
▲ 0.5% vs 2017 (16.8)
Analysis
In 2018, Bulgaria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 0.5% compared to 2017, reaching 16.9.
Bulgaria accounts for 61.1% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
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 fallen by 3.8% (from 17.6 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
61.1%
EU-27: 27.7
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098