HU · 2019 · tps00098

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP

Hungary, 2019

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
16.5
Hungary, 2019
▼ 5.7% vs 2018 (17.5)
Analysis

In 2019, Hungary's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.7% compared to 2018, reaching 16.5.

Hungary accounts for 59.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.

Hungary ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 16.1% (from 19.7 in 2014).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
59.4%
EU-27: 27.8
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