Social benefits by function - % of total benefits methods, notes and classification

Social benefits consist of transfers, in cash or in kind, by social protection schemes to households and individuals to relieve them of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs. The functions (or risks) are: sickness/healthcare, disability, old age, survivors, family/children, unemployment, housing, social exclusion not elsewhere classified (n.e.c).

• • Unit of measure
    • 00 Percentage of total benefits
  • Main expenditure type
    • 0 Social protection benefits
  • Social protection function
    • 0 Sickness/health care
    • 1 Disability
    • 2 Old age
    • 3 Survivors
    • 4 Family/children
    • 5 Unemployment
    • 6 Housing
    • 7 Social exclusion, n.e.c.
    • 8 Sickness/healthcare and disability
    • 9 Old age and survivors
    • a Housing and social exclusion, n.e.c.
  • 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*