LV · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Latvia, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
15.8
Latvia, 2018
▲ 3.1% vs 2017 (15.3)
Analysis
In 2018, Latvia's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 3.1% compared to 2017, reaching 15.8.
Latvia accounts for 56.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Latvia ranks 23rd 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 4.1% (from 15.1 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#23 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
56.9%
EU-27: 27.7
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098