IE · 2018 · tps00100
Expenditure on social protection per inhabitant in PPS
Ireland, 2018
In 2018, Ireland's expenditure on social protection per inhabitant in PPS increased by 0.7% compared to 2017, reaching 6,978.
Ireland accounts for 82.5% of the EU-27 total of 8,459.
Ireland ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.7% (from 7,024 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00100, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.