EL · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Greece, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.1
Greece, 2020
▲ 15.4% vs 2019 (25.2)
Analysis
In 2020, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 15.4% compared to 2019, reaching 29.1.
Greece accounts for 92.4% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Greece ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.0% (from 26.4 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
92.4%
EU-27: 31.5
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098