PL · 2018 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Poland, 2018
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
19.5
Poland, 2018
▼ 3.5% vs 2017 (20.2)
Analysis
In 2018, Poland's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 3.5% compared to 2017, reaching 19.5.
Poland accounts for 70.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.7.
Poland ranks 16th 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 1.6% (from 19.8 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
70.4%
EU-27: 27.7
Poland timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098