SE · 2016 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2016
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.5
Sweden, 2016
▲ 1.4% vs 2015 (29.1)
Analysis
In 2016, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 1.4% compared to 2015, reaching 29.5.
Sweden accounts for 104.2% of the EU-27 total of 28.3.
Sweden ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
104.2%
EU-27: 28.3
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
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Eurostat · tps00098