BG · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.6
Bulgaria, 2020
▲ 11.9% vs 2019 (16.6)
Analysis
In 2020, Bulgaria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 11.9% compared to 2019, reaching 18.6.
Bulgaria accounts for 59.2% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 5.5% (from 17.7 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
59.2%
EU-27: 31.5
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098