BG · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2023
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
19.4
Bulgaria, 2023
▲ 3.8% vs 2022 (18.7)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 3.8% compared to 2022, reaching 19.4.
Bulgaria accounts for 69.6% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 14.6% (from 16.9 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
69.6%
EU-27: 27.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098