LV · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Latvia, 2023
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
17.9
Latvia, 2023
▼ 4.9% vs 2022 (18.9)
Analysis
In 2023, Latvia's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 4.9% compared to 2022, reaching 17.9.
Latvia accounts for 64.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Latvia ranks 21st 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 13.8% (from 15.8 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
64.4%
EU-27: 27.8
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098