SE · 2019 · tps00098
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
Sweden, 2019
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP
28.0
Sweden, 2019
▼ 2.3% vs 2018 (28.7)
Analysis
In 2019, Sweden's expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP decreased by 2.3% compared to 2018, reaching 28.0.
Sweden accounts for 100.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.
Sweden 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 fallen by 5.2% (from 29.6 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00098, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
100.9%
EU-27: 27.8
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2023
Source:
Eurostat · tps00098