IE · 2017 · tps00100
Expenditure on social protection per inhabitant in PPS
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's expenditure on social protection per inhabitant in PPS increased by 0.7% compared to 2016, reaching 6,931.
Ireland accounts for 84.0% of the EU-27 total of 8,255.
Ireland ranks 11th 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 5.9% (from 7,368 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00100, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.