BE · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Belgium, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
28.6
Belgium, 2019
▼ 0.5% vs 2018 (28.8)
Analysis
In 2019, Belgium's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 0.5% compared to 2018, reaching 28.6.
Belgium accounts for 103.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Belgium ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.1% (from 29.9 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#7 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
103.0%
EU-27: 27.8
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098