Social benefits by function - million EUR

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for social benefits by function was 4,607,502 .

That is a 6.5% rose versus 2022 (4,325,533).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 27.4% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (1,210,660, 2023) and Malta the lowest (2,740, 2023) — a ratio of 441.8× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00082; every value links back to the canonical source.