IE · 2020 · tps00106
Social benefits by function - % of total benefits
Ireland, 2020
In 2020, Ireland's social benefits by function decreased by 11.3% compared to 2019, reaching 5.09.
Ireland accounts for 74.1% of the EU-27 total of 6.87.
Ireland ranks 22nd 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 3.4% (from 5.27 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00106, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.