IE · 2019 · tps00108
Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP
Ireland, 2019
Social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP
8.22
Ireland, 2019
▼ 4.2% vs 2018 (8.58)
Analysis
In 2019, Ireland's social protection receipts by type as percentage of GDP decreased by 4.2% compared to 2018, reaching 8.22.
Ireland accounts for 72.0% of the EU-27 total of 11.4.
Ireland ranks 15th 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 37.3% (from 13.1 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00108, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
72.0%
EU-27: 11.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00108