BG · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.8
Bulgaria, 2021
▲ 1.1% vs 2020 (18.6)
Analysis
In 2021, Bulgaria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 1.1% compared to 2020, reaching 18.8.
Bulgaria accounts for 63.1% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
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 8.6% (from 17.3 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
63.1%
EU-27: 29.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098