IE · 2018 · tps00103
Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2018
Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
5.08
Ireland, 2018
▼ 5.0% vs 2017 (5.35)
Analysis
In 2018, Ireland's expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.0% compared to 2017, reaching 5.08.
Ireland accounts for 40.3% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.
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 35.9% (from 7.93 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00103, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
40.3%
EU-27: 12.6
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00103