MT · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Malta, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.6
Malta, 2020
▲ 29.1% vs 2019 (14.4)
Analysis
In 2020, Malta's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 29.1% compared to 2019, reaching 18.6.
Malta accounts for 59.0% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Malta ranks 23rd 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 14.1% (from 16.3 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#23 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
59.0%
EU-27: 31.5
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098