IE · 2015 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2015
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
15.6
Ireland, 2015
▼ 24.6% vs 2014 (20.7)
Analysis
In 2015, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 24.6% compared to 2014, reaching 15.6.
Ireland accounts for 55.0% of the EU-27 total of 28.3.
Ireland ranks 25th 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 · 2015
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
55.0%
EU-27: 28.3
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098