SE · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
27.7
Sweden, 2022
▼ 2.1% vs 2021 (28.3)
Analysis
In 2022, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.1% compared to 2021, reaching 27.7.
Sweden accounts for 99.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
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 4.7% (from 29.1 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
99.4%
EU-27: 27.9
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098