ES · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Spain, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
27.9
Spain, 2021
▼ 6.7% vs 2020 (29.9)
Analysis
In 2021, Spain's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 6.7% compared to 2020, reaching 27.9.
Spain accounts for 93.6% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Spain ranks 10th 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 18.0% (from 23.7 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
93.6%
EU-27: 29.8
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098