IE · 2021 · tps00103
Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2021
Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
4.38
Ireland, 2021
▼ 11.0% vs 2020 (4.92)
Analysis
In 2021, Ireland's expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP decreased by 11.0% compared to 2020, reaching 4.38.
Ireland accounts for 34.3% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.
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 22.1% (from 5.62 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00103, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
34.3%
EU-27: 12.8
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00103