NL · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Netherlands, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
32.0
Netherlands, 2020
▲ 14.1% vs 2019 (28.1)
Analysis
In 2020, Netherlands's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 14.1% compared to 2019, reaching 32.0.
Netherlands accounts for 101.8% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Netherlands ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.5% (from 29.3 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
101.8%
EU-27: 31.5
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098