DE · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Germany, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.6
Germany, 2019
▲ 1.6% vs 2018 (29.2)
Analysis
In 2019, Germany's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 1.6% compared to 2018, reaching 29.6.
Germany accounts for 106.5% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Germany ranks 4th 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 3.4% (from 28.6 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
106.5%
EU-27: 27.8
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098