SE · 2017 · tps00108
Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2017
In 2017, Sweden's social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.1% compared to 2016, reaching 16.0.
Sweden accounts for 143.7% of the EU-27 total of 11.1.
Sweden ranks 2nd 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 0.3% (from 15.9 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00108, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.