LV · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Latvia, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
16.2
Latvia, 2019
▲ 2.5% vs 2018 (15.8)
Analysis
In 2019, Latvia's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 2.5% compared to 2018, reaching 16.2.
Latvia accounts for 58.1% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 7.8% (from 15.0 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#23 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
58.1%
EU-27: 27.8
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098