PT · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Portugal, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
27.4
Portugal, 2020
▲ 14.3% vs 2019 (24.0)
Analysis
In 2020, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 14.3% compared to 2019, reaching 27.4.
Portugal accounts for 87.2% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Portugal ranks 12th 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 6.5% (from 25.8 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
87.2%
EU-27: 31.5
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098