ES · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Spain, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
25.6
Spain, 2022
▼ 8.3% vs 2021 (27.9)
Analysis
In 2022, Spain's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 8.3% compared to 2021, reaching 25.6.
Spain accounts for 91.8% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
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 10.0% (from 23.3 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
91.8%
EU-27: 27.9
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098