LV · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Latvia, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.0
Latvia, 2020
▲ 11.4% vs 2019 (16.2)
Analysis
In 2020, Latvia's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 11.4% compared to 2019, reaching 18.0.
Latvia accounts for 57.2% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Latvia ranks 25th 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 17.5% (from 15.3 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
57.2%
EU-27: 31.5
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098