IE · 2016 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2016
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
15.6
Ireland, 2016
▲ 0.4% vs 2015 (15.6)
Analysis
In 2016, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 0.4% compared to 2015, reaching 15.6.
Ireland accounts for 55.2% of the EU-27 total of 28.3.
Ireland ranks 24th 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 · 2016
#24 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
55.2%
EU-27: 28.3
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098