CY · 2021 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Cyprus, 2021
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
21.7
Cyprus, 2021
▼ 10.7% vs 2020 (24.3)
Analysis
In 2021, Cyprus's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 10.7% compared to 2020, reaching 21.7.
Cyprus accounts for 72.6% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
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 grown by 12.1% (from 19.3 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
72.6%
EU-27: 29.8
Cyprus timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098