SE · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.1
Sweden, 2017
▼ 1.5% vs 2016 (29.5)
Analysis
In 2017, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.5% compared to 2016, reaching 29.1.
Sweden accounts for 104.3% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Sweden ranks 5th 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 0.4% (from 29.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
104.3%
EU-27: 27.9
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098