SE · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.7
Sweden, 2020
▲ 5.8% vs 2019 (28.0)
Analysis
In 2020, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 5.8% compared to 2019, reaching 29.7.
Sweden accounts for 94.2% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Sweden 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 1.8% (from 29.1 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
94.2%
EU-27: 31.5
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098