EL · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Greece, 2023
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
23.6
Greece, 2023
▼ 2.9% vs 2022 (24.3)
Analysis
In 2023, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.9% compared to 2022, reaching 23.6.
Greece accounts for 84.7% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 fallen by 7.1% (from 25.4 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
84.7%
EU-27: 27.8
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098