NL · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Netherlands, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
26.8
Netherlands, 2022
▼ 12.1% vs 2021 (30.5)
Analysis
In 2022, Netherlands's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 12.1% compared to 2021, reaching 26.8.
Netherlands accounts for 96.0% 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 6.1% (from 28.5 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
96.0%
EU-27: 27.9
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098