IE · 2023 · tps00103

Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP

Ireland, 2023

Expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP
4.24
Ireland, 2023
▲ 8.7% vs 2022 (3.90)
Analysis

In 2023, Ireland's expenditure on pensions as percentage of GDP increased by 8.7% compared to 2022, reaching 4.24.

Ireland accounts for 34.5% of the EU-27 total of 12.3.

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 16.5% (from 5.08 in 2018).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
34.5%
EU-27: 12.3
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023