MT · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Malta, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
16.8
Malta, 2021
▼ 9.8% vs 2020 (18.6)
Analysis
In 2021, Malta's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 9.8% compared to 2020, reaching 16.8.
Malta accounts for 56.2% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Malta ranks 25th 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 4.1% (from 16.1 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
56.2%
EU-27: 29.8
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098