DK · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Denmark, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
31.8
Denmark, 2019
▼ 0.3% vs 2018 (31.9)
Analysis
In 2019, Denmark's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 0.3% compared to 2018, reaching 31.8.
Denmark accounts for 114.5% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 7.5% (from 34.4 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
114.5%
EU-27: 27.8
Denmark timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098