IE · 2018 · tps00101

Expenditure on social protection by type

Ireland, 2018

Expenditure on social protection by type
4.03
Ireland, 2018
▼ 2.9% vs 2017 (4.15)
Analysis

In 2018, Ireland's expenditure on social protection by type decreased by 2.9% compared to 2017, reaching 4.03.

Ireland accounts for 121.4% of the EU-27 total of 3.32.

Ireland ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.2% (from 3.76 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00101, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
121.4%
EU-27: 3.32
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