IE · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
13.4
Ireland, 2019
▼ 3.3% vs 2018 (13.8)
Analysis
In 2019, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 3.3% compared to 2018, reaching 13.4.
Ireland accounts for 48.1% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 35.3% (from 20.7 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
48.1%
EU-27: 27.8
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098