EL · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Greece, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
25.2
Greece, 2019
▼ 0.7% vs 2018 (25.4)
Analysis
In 2019, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 0.7% compared to 2018, reaching 25.2.
Greece accounts for 90.6% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 4.0% (from 26.2 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
90.6%
EU-27: 27.8
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098