IE · 2014 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2014
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
20.7
Ireland, 2014
▼ 8.3% vs 2013 (22.5)
Analysis
In 2014, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 8.3% compared to 2013, reaching 20.7.
Ireland accounts for 72.1% of the EU-27 total of 28.7.
Ireland ranks 16th 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 · 2014
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2014
72.1%
EU-27: 28.7
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098