DK · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Denmark, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
28.4
Denmark, 2022
▼ 9.0% vs 2021 (31.2)
Analysis
In 2022, Denmark's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 9.0% compared to 2021, reaching 28.4.
Denmark accounts for 101.7% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Denmark ranks 7th 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 11.6% (from 32.1 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#7 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
101.7%
EU-27: 27.9
Denmark timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098