CY · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Cyprus, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
17.5
Cyprus, 2018
▼ 4.3% vs 2017 (18.3)
Analysis
In 2018, Cyprus's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 4.3% compared to 2017, reaching 17.5.
Cyprus accounts for 63.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Cyprus 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 fallen by 23.5% (from 22.9 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
63.4%
EU-27: 27.7
Cyprus timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098