LV · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Latvia, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
15.3
Latvia, 2017
▼ 1.2% vs 2016 (15.5)
Analysis
In 2017, Latvia's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.2% compared to 2016, reaching 15.3.
Latvia accounts for 54.8% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Latvia ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.2% (from 14.8 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#23 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
54.8%
EU-27: 27.9
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098