Social benefits by function - % of total benefits

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for social benefits by function was 7.02 .

That is a 0.6% fell versus 2023 (7.06).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 2.4% lower.

Across member states, Denmark reported the highest value (18.5, 2024) and Cyprus the lowest (3.32, 2024) — a ratio of 5.6× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00106; every value links back to the canonical source.