Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP was 11.8 .

That is a 0.6% fell versus 2022 (11.9).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 6.7% higher.

Across member states, Denmark reported the highest value (25.4, 2023) and Estonia the lowest (4.07, 2023) — a ratio of 6.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00108; every value links back to the canonical source.