SE · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2023
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
27.9
Sweden, 2023
▲ 0.5% vs 2022 (27.7)
Analysis
In 2023, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 0.5% compared to 2022, reaching 27.9.
Sweden accounts for 100.1% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 2.9% (from 28.7 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
100.1%
EU-27: 27.8
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098