EU-27 SNAPSHOT · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP — 2021
Eurostat tps00098 — Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP. Data range: 2012 to 2023.
EU-27 total · 2021
29.8
Highest · 2021
France
36.2
Lowest · 2021
Ireland
13.3
Member-state ranking · 2021
- #1 France FR 121.3% 36.2
- #2 Austria AT 110.1% 32.8
- #3 Germany DE 105.8% 31.5
- #4 Italy IT 105.4% 31.4
- #5 Finland FI 105.0% 31.3
- #6 Denmark DK 104.6% 31.2
- #7 Netherlands NL 102.2% 30.5
- #8 Belgium BE 101.0% 30.1
- #9 Sweden SE 95.0% 28.3
- #10 Spain ES 93.6% 27.9
- #11 Portugal PT 89.8% 26.8
- #12 Greece EL 89.4% 26.7
- #13 Slovenia SI 84.7% 25.2
- #14 Poland PL 75.8% 22.6
- #15 Croatia HR 75.2% 22.4
- #16 Luxembourg LU 72.8% 21.7
- #17 Cyprus CY 72.6% 21.7
- #18 Czechia CZ 71.0% 21.2
- #19 Latvia LV 67.0% 20.0
- #20 Slovakia SK 63.9% 19.1
- #21 Bulgaria BG 63.1% 18.8
- #22 Lithuania LT 61.7% 18.4
- #23 Hungary HU 59.2% 17.6
- #24 Estonia EE 57.8% 17.2
- #25 Malta MT 56.2% 16.8
- #26 Romania RO 56.0% 16.7
- #27 Ireland IE 44.5% 13.3
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098