PT · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Portugal, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
26.8
Portugal, 2021
▼ 2.4% vs 2020 (27.4)
Analysis
In 2021, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.4% compared to 2020, reaching 26.8.
Portugal accounts for 89.8% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
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 grown by 6.7% (from 25.1 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
89.8%
EU-27: 29.8
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098