IE · 2022 · tps00106
Social benefits by function - % of total benefits
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's social benefits by function increased by 8.7% compared to 2021, reaching 5.37.
Ireland accounts for 76.6% of the EU-27 total of 7.01.
Ireland ranks 19th 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 2.7% (from 5.52 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00106, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.