IE · 2019 · tps00103

Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP

Ireland, 2019

Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
5.03
Ireland, 2019
▼ 1.0% vs 2018 (5.08)
Analysis

In 2019, Ireland's expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.0% compared to 2018, reaching 5.03.

Ireland accounts for 40.0% 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 31.8% (from 7.38 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00103, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
40.0%
EU-27: 12.6
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