PT · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Portugal, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
24.7
Portugal, 2022
▼ 7.9% vs 2021 (26.8)
Analysis
In 2022, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 7.9% compared to 2021, reaching 24.7.
Portugal accounts for 88.4% 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 0.0% (from 24.7 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
88.4%
EU-27: 27.9
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098