IT · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Italy, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
34.2
Italy, 2020
▲ 17.6% vs 2019 (29.1)
Analysis
In 2020, Italy's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 17.6% compared to 2019, reaching 34.2.
Italy accounts for 108.6% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Italy ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.8% (from 29.5 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
108.6%
EU-27: 31.5
Italy timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098