PT · 2023 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Portugal, 2023
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
23.4
Portugal, 2023
▼ 5.2% vs 2022 (24.7)
Analysis
In 2023, Portugal's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 5.2% compared to 2022, reaching 23.4.
Portugal accounts for 84.0% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
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 fallen by 2.7% (from 24.0 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
84.0%
EU-27: 27.8
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098