FR · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
France, 2018
In 2018, France's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.3% compared to 2017, reaching 33.7.
France accounts for 121.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
France ranks 1st 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 0.8% (from 34.0 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.