BG · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.7
Bulgaria, 2022
▼ 0.9% vs 2021 (18.8)
Analysis
In 2022, Bulgaria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 0.9% compared to 2021, reaching 18.7.
Bulgaria accounts for 66.8% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Bulgaria ranks 20th 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 10.9% (from 16.8 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
66.8%
EU-27: 27.9
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098