IT · 2019 · tps00098

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP

Italy, 2019

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.1
Italy, 2019
▲ 1.1% vs 2018 (28.7)
Analysis

In 2019, Italy's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 1.1% compared to 2018, reaching 29.1.

Italy accounts for 104.5% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.

Italy ranks 6th 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 1.4% (from 29.5 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
104.5%
EU-27: 27.8
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