DK · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Denmark, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
31.9
Denmark, 2018
▼ 0.6% vs 2017 (32.1)
Analysis
In 2018, Denmark's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 0.6% compared to 2017, reaching 31.9.
Denmark accounts for 115.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Denmark ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.2% (from 34.4 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
115.4%
EU-27: 27.7
Denmark timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098