CY · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Cyprus, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.3
Cyprus, 2019
▲ 4.4% vs 2018 (17.5)
Analysis
In 2019, Cyprus's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 4.4% compared to 2018, reaching 18.3.
Cyprus accounts for 65.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Cyprus ranks 18th 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 8.9% (from 20.1 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
65.9%
EU-27: 27.8
Cyprus timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098