tps00098 · 2012–2023

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP

Eurostat tps00098 — Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP. Data range: 2012 to 2023.

At a glance

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP was 27.8 .

That is a 0.3% fell versus 2022 (27.9).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 0.6% higher.

Across member states, France reported the highest value (33.8, 2023) and Ireland the lowest (12.6, 2023) — a ratio of 2.7× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00098; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2023

27.8

HIGHEST · 2023

France

33.8

LOWEST · 2023

Ireland

12.6

Map · 2023

12.6 33.8

Ranking · 2023

2023 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

France 33.8
Finland 31.75
Austria 30.58
Germany 29.91
Denmark 29.28
Belgium 28.92
Italy 28.76
Sweden 27.85
Netherlands 27.59
Spain 25.47
Greece 23.57
Portugal 23.39
European Union (27) 27.83

Country × year heatmap · all values

11.6 38.0

Member states · ranked by latest value

By year

Source: Eurostat · tps00098