IE · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
13.3
Ireland, 2021
▼ 12.0% vs 2020 (15.1)
Analysis
In 2021, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 12.0% compared to 2020, reaching 13.3.
Ireland accounts for 44.5% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
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 15.1% (from 15.6 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
44.5%
EU-27: 29.8
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098