PT · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Portugal, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
24.7
Portugal, 2017
▼ 1.7% vs 2016 (25.1)
Analysis
In 2017, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.7% compared to 2016, reaching 24.7.
Portugal accounts for 88.5% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Portugal ranks 11th 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 6.4% (from 26.4 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
88.5%
EU-27: 27.9
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098