CY · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Cyprus, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
18.3
Cyprus, 2017
▼ 5.2% vs 2016 (19.3)
Analysis
In 2017, Cyprus's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.2% compared to 2016, reaching 18.3.
Cyprus accounts for 65.7% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Cyprus ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.1% (from 20.8 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
65.7%
EU-27: 27.9
Cyprus timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098