DE · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Germany, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.2
Germany, 2018
▲ 0.4% vs 2017 (29.0)
Analysis
In 2018, Germany's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 0.4% compared to 2017, reaching 29.2.
Germany accounts for 105.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Germany 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 grown by 1.5% (from 28.7 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
105.4%
EU-27: 27.7
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098