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
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