EL · 2022 · tps00098

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP

Greece, 2022

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
24.3
Greece, 2022
▼ 8.9% vs 2021 (26.7)
Analysis

In 2022, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 8.9% compared to 2021, reaching 24.3.

Greece accounts for 87.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.

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 fallen by 5.4% (from 25.7 in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
87.0%
EU-27: 27.9
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