IT · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Italy, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.7
Italy, 2022
▼ 5.5% vs 2021 (31.4)
Analysis
In 2022, Italy's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.5% compared to 2021, reaching 29.7.
Italy accounts for 106.5% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Italy ranks 5th 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 3.3% (from 28.7 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
106.5%
EU-27: 27.9
Italy timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098