LV · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Latvia, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
20.0
Latvia, 2021
▲ 11.0% vs 2020 (18.0)
Analysis
In 2021, Latvia's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 11.0% compared to 2020, reaching 20.0.
Latvia accounts for 67.0% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Latvia 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 grown by 29.2% (from 15.5 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
67.0%
EU-27: 29.8
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098