EL · 2018 · tps00098

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP

Greece, 2018

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
25.4
Greece, 2018
▼ 1.1% vs 2017 (25.7)
Analysis

In 2018, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.1% compared to 2017, reaching 25.4.

Greece accounts for 91.8% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.

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 5.7% (from 26.9 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
91.8%
EU-27: 27.7
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