Expenditure on social protection by type

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for expenditure on social protection by type was 3.01 .

That is a 2.9% fell versus 2022 (3.10).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 9.3% lower.

Across member states, Netherlands reported the highest value (5.35, 2023) and Greece the lowest (0.86, 2023) — a ratio of 6.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00101; every value links back to the canonical source.