IE · 2017 · tps00108

Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP

Ireland, 2017

Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP
9.01
Ireland, 2017
▼ 8.3% vs 2016 (9.83)
Analysis

In 2017, Ireland's social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP decreased by 8.3% compared to 2016, reaching 9.01.

Ireland accounts for 81.1% of the EU-27 total of 11.1.

Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 43.7% (from 16.0 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00108, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#13 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
81.1%
EU-27: 11.1
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