EU-27 SNAPSHOT · 2016 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP — 2016
Eurostat tps00098 — Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP. Data range: 2012 to 2023.
EU-27 total · 2016
28.3
Highest · 2016
France
34.5
Lowest · 2016
Romania
14.9
Member-state ranking · 2016
- #1 France FR 121.8% 34.5
- #2 Denmark DK 115.0% 32.6
- #3 Finland FI 112.7% 31.9
- #4 Austria AT 105.6% 29.9
- #5 Sweden SE 104.2% 29.5
- #6 Belgium BE 103.6% 29.4
- #7 Germany DE 103.1% 29.2
- #8 Italy IT 102.4% 29.0
- #9 Netherlands NL 101.8% 28.8
- #10 Greece EL 93.9% 26.6
- #11 Portugal PT 88.6% 25.1
- #12 Spain ES 83.5% 23.7
- #13 Slovenia SI 82.9% 23.5
- #14 Croatia HR 75.7% 21.4
- #15 Poland PL 74.0% 21.0
- #16 Luxembourg LU 71.8% 20.3
- #17 Cyprus CY 68.2% 19.3
- #18 Hungary HU 66.1% 18.7
- #19 Czechia CZ 65.5% 18.6
- #20 Slovakia SK 64.5% 18.3
- #21 Bulgaria BG 61.2% 17.3
- #22 Estonia EE 57.3% 16.2
- #23 Malta MT 56.8% 16.1
- #24 Ireland IE 55.2% 15.6
- #25 Latvia LV 54.6% 15.5
- #26 Lithuania LT 54.4% 15.4
- #27 Romania RO 52.5% 14.9
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098