IE · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
13.8
Ireland, 2018
▼ 4.8% vs 2017 (14.5)
Analysis
In 2018, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 4.8% compared to 2017, reaching 13.8.
Ireland accounts for 50.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Ireland ranks 27th 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 38.6% (from 22.5 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
50.0%
EU-27: 27.7
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098