DK · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Denmark, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
33.4
Denmark, 2020
▲ 5.1% vs 2019 (31.8)
Analysis
In 2020, Denmark's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 5.1% compared to 2019, reaching 33.4.
Denmark accounts for 106.3% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Denmark ranks 4th 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 1.1% (from 33.8 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
106.3%
EU-27: 31.5
Denmark timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098