Social benefits by function - % of total benefits

In 2019, Germany's social benefits by function increased by 0.1% compared to 2018, reaching 7.01.

Germany accounts for 97.5% of the EU-27 total of 7.19.

Germany ranks 14th 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 2.6% (from 6.83 in 2014).

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