IE · 2017 · tps00103
Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2017
Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
5.35
Ireland, 2017
▼ 4.8% vs 2016 (5.62)
Analysis
In 2017, Ireland's expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP decreased by 4.8% compared to 2016, reaching 5.35.
Ireland accounts for 42.2% of the EU-27 total of 12.7.
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 34.2% (from 8.13 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00103, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
42.2%
EU-27: 12.7
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00103