Net social benefits by function

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for net social benefits by function was 4,193,734 .

That is a 6.5% rose versus 2022 (3,936,642).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 28.0% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (1,098,935, 2023) and Malta the lowest (2,720, 2023) — a ratio of 404.0× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00083; every value links back to the canonical source.