BE · 2017 · tps00108
Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP
Belgium, 2017
In 2017, Belgium's social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP increased by 0.9% compared to 2016, reaching 11.5.
Belgium accounts for 103.3% of the EU-27 total of 11.1.
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 grown by 2.6% (from 11.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00108, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.