MT · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Malta, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
14.4
Malta, 2019
▲ 1.2% vs 2018 (14.2)
Analysis
In 2019, Malta's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 1.2% compared to 2018, reaching 14.4.
Malta accounts for 51.7% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 18.6% (from 17.7 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
51.7%
EU-27: 27.8
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098