EU27_2020 · 2021 · tps00103

Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP

Name: Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP — European Union (27), 2021
Creator: eupublicdata
Published: 2026-05-19
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

European Union (27), 2021

12.8

European Union (27), 2021

▼ 5.6% vs 2020 (13.5)

Analysis

In 2021, European Union (27)'s expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.6% compared to 2020, reaching 12.8.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.9% (from 12.9 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00103, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

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Source: Eurostat · tps00103