MT · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Malta, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
14.8
Malta, 2017
▼ 8.2% vs 2016 (16.1)
Analysis
In 2017, Malta's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 8.2% compared to 2016, reaching 14.8.
Malta accounts for 53.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Malta ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.8% (from 18.7 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
53.0%
EU-27: 27.9
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098