In 2006, gross expenditure on social protection accounted for 26.9% of GDP in the EU-27

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Population and social conditions
Social protection and social security
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Population and social conditions Author: Antonella PUGLIA

S t a t i s t i c s i n f o c u s 40/2009

In 2006, gross expenditure on social protection accounted for 26.9% of GDP in the EU27

The countries with the highest ratios of expenditure as percentage of GDP spent more than twice as much as the three countries with the lowest ratios.

Social protection benefits are the largest component of total expenditure and, between them, oldage and survivors' benefits predominate (46.2% of total benefits in EU27).

Different countries have markedly different systems for financing social protection, depending on whether they favour social security contributions (58.9% of total receipts at EU27 level in 2006) or general government funding (37.6% for EU27).

Figure 1: Total expenditure on social protection as %GDP in EU, 2006

Source: Eurostat