ES · 2017 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Spain, 2017
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
23.3
Spain, 2017
▼ 1.6% vs 2016 (23.7)
Analysis
In 2017, Spain's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 1.6% compared to 2016, reaching 23.3.
Spain accounts for 83.4% of the EU-27 total of 27.9.
Spain 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 9.0% (from 25.6 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
83.4%
EU-27: 27.9
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098