NL · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Netherlands, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
30.5
Netherlands, 2021
▼ 4.8% vs 2020 (32.0)
Analysis
In 2021, Netherlands's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 4.8% compared to 2020, reaching 30.5.
Netherlands accounts for 102.2% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Netherlands ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.8% (from 28.8 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#7 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
102.2%
EU-27: 29.8
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098