LV · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Latvia, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.9
Latvia, 2022
▼ 5.6% vs 2021 (20.0)
Analysis
In 2022, Latvia's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.6% compared to 2021, reaching 18.9.
Latvia accounts for 67.6% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
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 23.4% (from 15.3 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
67.6%
EU-27: 27.9
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098