Total expenditure on social protection by type methods, notes and classification

Expenditure on social protection contains: Social benefits, which consist of transfers, in cash or in kind, to households and individuals to relieve them of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs; Administration costs, which represent the costs charged to the scheme for its management and administration; Other expenditure, which consist of miscellaneous expenditure by social protection schemes (payment of property income and other).

• • Unit of measure
    • 00 Percentage of total expenditure
  • Main expenditure type
    • 0 Social protection benefits
    • 1 Administration costs
    • 2 Other expenditure
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 001 Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
    • 002 Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
    • 003 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
    • 004 Belgium
    • 005 Bulgaria
    • 006 Czechia
    • 007 Denmark
    • 008 Germany
    • 009 Estonia
    • 00a Ireland
    • 00b Greece
    • 00c Spain
    • 00d France
    • 00e Croatia
    • 00f Italy
    • 00g Cyprus
    • 00h Latvia
    • 00i Lithuania
    • 00j Luxembourg
    • 00k Hungary
    • 00l Malta
    • 00m Netherlands
    • 00n Austria
    • 00o Poland
    • 00p Portugal
    • 00q Romania
    • 00r Slovenia
    • 00s Slovakia
    • 00t Finland
    • 00u Sweden
    • 00v Iceland
    • 00w Norway
    • 00x Switzerland
    • 00y United Kingdom
    • 00z Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 010 Montenegro
    • 011 North Macedonia
    • 012 Albania
    • 013 Serbia
    • 014 Türkiye
    • 015 Kosovo*