ES · 2020 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Spain, 2020
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
29.9
Spain, 2020
▲ 24.3% vs 2019 (24.1)
Analysis
In 2020, Spain's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP increased by 24.3% compared to 2019, reaching 29.9.
Spain accounts for 95.1% of the EU-27 total of 31.5.
Spain ranks 9th 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 22.2% (from 24.5 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
95.1%
EU-27: 31.5
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098