PT · 2016 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Portugal, 2016
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
25.1
Portugal, 2016
▼ 2.5% vs 2015 (25.8)
Analysis
In 2016, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.5% compared to 2015, reaching 25.1.
Portugal accounts for 88.6% of the EU-27 total of 28.3.
Portugal ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
88.6%
EU-27: 28.3
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098