IE · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
15.1
Ireland, 2020
▲ 12.9% vs 2019 (13.4)
Analysis
In 2020, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 12.9% compared to 2019, reaching 15.1.
Ireland accounts for 48.0% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
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 3.1% (from 15.6 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
48.0%
EU-27: 31.5
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098