EL · 2022 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Greece, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
24.3
Greece, 2022
▼ 8.9% vs 2021 (26.7)
Analysis
In 2022, Greece's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 8.9% compared to 2021, reaching 24.3.
Greece accounts for 87.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Greece ranks 12th 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 5.4% (from 25.7 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
87.0%
EU-27: 27.9
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098