FI · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Finland, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
31.3
Finland, 2021
▼ 2.5% vs 2020 (32.1)
Analysis
In 2021, Finland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.5% compared to 2020, reaching 31.3.
Finland accounts for 105.0% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Finland 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 1.9% (from 31.9 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
105.0%
EU-27: 29.8
Finland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098