SE · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
28.7
Sweden, 2018
▼ 1.3% vs 2017 (29.1)
Analysis
In 2018, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.3% compared to 2017, reaching 28.7.
Sweden accounts for 103.7% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Sweden ranks 8th 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 4.3% (from 30.0 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
103.7%
EU-27: 27.7
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098