MT · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Malta, 2023
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
13.2
Malta, 2023
▼ 10.4% vs 2022 (14.8)
Analysis
In 2023, Malta's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 10.4% compared to 2022, reaching 13.2.
Malta accounts for 47.5% 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 7.0% (from 14.2 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
47.5%
EU-27: 27.8
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098