IE · 2013 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2013
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
22.5
Ireland, 2013
▼ 5.8% vs 2012 (23.9)
Analysis
In 2013, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.8% compared to 2012, reaching 22.5.
Ireland accounts for 78.2% of the EU-27 total of 28.8.
Ireland ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2013
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2013
78.2%
EU-27: 28.8
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098