DK · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Denmark, 2023
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.3
Denmark, 2023
▲ 3.2% vs 2022 (28.4)
Analysis
In 2023, Denmark's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 3.2% compared to 2022, reaching 29.3.
Denmark accounts for 105.2% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Denmark ranks 5th 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 8.3% (from 31.9 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
105.2%
EU-27: 27.8
Denmark timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098