IE · 2020 · tps00103

Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP

Ireland, 2020

Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
4.92
Ireland, 2020
▼ 2.2% vs 2019 (5.03)
Analysis

In 2020, Ireland's expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.2% compared to 2019, reaching 4.92.

Ireland accounts for 36.4% of the EU-27 total of 13.5.

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 11.7% (from 5.57 in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
36.4%
EU-27: 13.5
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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