MT · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Malta, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
14.2
Malta, 2018
▼ 3.8% vs 2017 (14.8)
Analysis
In 2018, Malta's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 3.8% compared to 2017, reaching 14.2.
Malta accounts for 51.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
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 21.7% (from 18.1 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
51.4%
EU-27: 27.7
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098