NL · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Netherlands, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
28.5
Netherlands, 2017
▼ 1.0% vs 2016 (28.8)
Analysis
In 2017, Netherlands's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.0% compared to 2016, reaching 28.5.
Netherlands accounts for 102.3% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Netherlands ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.9% (from 30.3 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
102.3%
EU-27: 27.9
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098