EL · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Greece, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
26.7
Greece, 2021
▼ 8.3% vs 2020 (29.1)
Analysis
In 2021, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 8.3% compared to 2020, reaching 26.7.
Greece accounts for 89.4% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Greece ranks 12th 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 0.2% (from 26.6 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
89.4%
EU-27: 29.8
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098