Social benefits by function - % of total benefits

In 2021, Italy's social benefits by function increased by 1.7% compared to 2020, reaching 5.35.

Italy accounts for 77.8% of the EU-27 total of 6.88.

Italy 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 7.1% (from 5.76 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00106, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.