BG · 2021 · tps00108
Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP
Bulgaria, 2021
In 2021, Bulgaria's social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP increased by 14.9% compared to 2020, reaching 9.96.
Bulgaria accounts for 77.2% of the EU-27 total of 12.9.
Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 16.6% (from 8.54 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00108, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.