EU-27 SNAPSHOT · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP — 2017
Eurostat tps00098 — Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP. Data range: 2012 to 2023.
EU-27 total · 2017
27.9
Highest · 2017
France
34.2
Lowest · 2017
Ireland
14.5
Member-state ranking · 2017
- #1 France FR 122.6% 34.2
- #2 Denmark DK 115.1% 32.1
- #3 Finland FI 110.3% 30.8
- #4 Austria AT 105.7% 29.5
- #5 Sweden SE 104.3% 29.1
- #6 Germany DE 104.1% 29.0
- #7 Belgium BE 103.8% 29.0
- #8 Italy IT 103.0% 28.7
- #9 Netherlands NL 102.3% 28.5
- #10 Greece EL 92.0% 25.7
- #11 Portugal PT 88.5% 24.7
- #12 Spain ES 83.4% 23.3
- #13 Slovenia SI 81.8% 22.8
- #14 Croatia HR 75.7% 21.1
- #15 Luxembourg LU 75.2% 21.0
- #16 Poland PL 72.3% 20.2
- #17 Cyprus CY 65.7% 18.3
- #18 Hungary HU 65.1% 18.2
- #19 Slovakia SK 64.9% 18.1
- #20 Czechia CZ 64.9% 18.1
- #21 Bulgaria BG 60.3% 16.8
- #22 Estonia EE 56.1% 15.6
- #23 Latvia LV 54.8% 15.3
- #24 Lithuania LT 54.1% 15.1
- #25 Romania RO 53.4% 14.9
- #26 Malta MT 53.0% 14.8
- #27 Ireland IE 52.1% 14.5
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098