Social benefits by function - % of total benefits

In 2018, Germany's social benefits by function increased by 0.9% compared to 2017, reaching 7.00.

Germany accounts for 96.6% of the EU-27 total of 7.25.

Germany ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.8% (from 6.81 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00106, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.