PT · 2017 · tps00083
Net social benefits by function
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's net social benefits by function increased by 3.5% compared to 2016, reaching 42,505.
Portugal accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,191,414.
Portugal ranks 12th 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 5.9% (from 40,138 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00083, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.