SE · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
28.3
Sweden, 2021
▼ 4.5% vs 2020 (29.7)
Analysis
In 2021, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 4.5% compared to 2020, reaching 28.3.
Sweden accounts for 95.0% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Sweden ranks 9th 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 4.1% (from 29.5 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
95.0%
EU-27: 29.8
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098