ES · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Spain, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
24.1
Spain, 2019
▲ 2.3% vs 2018 (23.5)
Analysis
In 2019, Spain's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 2.3% compared to 2018, reaching 24.1.
Spain accounts for 86.6% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Spain 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 5.0% (from 25.4 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
86.6%
EU-27: 27.8
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098