PT · 2019 · tps00098

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP

Portugal, 2019

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
24.0
Portugal, 2019
▼ 0.2% vs 2018 (24.0)
Analysis

In 2019, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 0.2% compared to 2018, reaching 24.0.

Portugal accounts for 86.3% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.

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 fallen by 10.7% (from 26.9 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
86.3%
EU-27: 27.8
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