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
    • 0 Percentage of total benefits
  • ESSPROS-main expenditure types
    • 0 Sickness/Health care
    • 1 Disability
    • 2 Old age
    • 3 Survivors
    • 4 Family/Children
    • 5 Unemployment
    • 6 Housing
    • 7 Social exclusion n.e.c.
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 00 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 01 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 02 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
    • 03 Belgium
    • 04 Bulgaria
    • 05 Czechia
    • 06 Denmark
    • 07 Germany
    • 08 Estonia
    • 09 Ireland
    • 0a Greece
    • 0b Spain
    • 0c France
    • 0d Croatia
    • 0e Italy
    • 0f Cyprus
    • 0g Latvia
    • 0h Lithuania
    • 0i Luxembourg
    • 0j Hungary
    • 0k Malta
    • 0l Netherlands
    • 0m Austria
    • 0n Poland
    • 0o Portugal
    • 0p Romania
    • 0q Slovenia
    • 0r Slovakia
    • 0s Finland
    • 0t Sweden
    • 0u Iceland
    • 0v Norway
    • 0w Switzerland
    • 0x United Kingdom
    • 0y Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 0z Montenegro
    • 10 North Macedonia
    • 11 Albania
    • 12 Serbia
    • 13 Türkiye