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
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098