MT · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Malta, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
14.8
Malta, 2022
▼ 11.9% vs 2021 (16.8)
Analysis
In 2022, Malta's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 11.9% compared to 2021, reaching 14.8.
Malta accounts for 52.9% 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 0.1% (from 14.8 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
52.9%
EU-27: 27.9
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098