Social benefits by function - % of total benefits

In 2022, Italy's social benefits by function increased by 0.7% compared to 2021, reaching 5.39.

Italy accounts for 76.9% of the EU-27 total of 7.01.

Italy ranks 18th 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 4.8% (from 5.66 in 2017).

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