EL · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Greece, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
25.7
Greece, 2017
▼ 3.6% vs 2016 (26.6)
Analysis
In 2017, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 3.6% compared to 2016, reaching 25.7.
Greece accounts for 92.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Greece ranks 10th 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 11.4% (from 29.0 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
92.0%
EU-27: 27.9
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098