IE · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
11.6
Ireland, 2022
▼ 12.9% vs 2021 (13.3)
Analysis
In 2022, Ireland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 12.9% compared to 2021, reaching 11.6.
Ireland accounts for 41.5% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
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 20.3% (from 14.5 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
41.5%
EU-27: 27.9
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098