ES · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Spain, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
23.5
Spain, 2018
▲ 1.1% vs 2017 (23.3)
Analysis
In 2018, Spain's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 1.1% compared to 2017, reaching 23.5.
Spain accounts for 85.1% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Spain 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 8.9% (from 25.8 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
85.1%
EU-27: 27.7
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098