PT · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Portugal, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
24.0
Portugal, 2018
▼ 2.6% vs 2017 (24.7)
Analysis
In 2018, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.6% compared to 2017, reaching 24.0.
Portugal accounts for 86.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
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 12.8% (from 27.6 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
86.9%
EU-27: 27.7
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098