EU27_2020 · 2017 · tps00098

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP

Name: Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP — European Union (27), 2017
Creator: eupublicdata
Published: 2026-05-19
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

European Union (27), 2017

27.9

European Union (27), 2017

▼ 1.5% vs 2016 (28.3)

Analysis

In 2017, European Union (27)'s expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.5% compared to 2016, reaching 27.9.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.9% (from 28.4 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

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Source: Eurostat · tps00098