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Romania’s social protection spending as share of GDP is among the lowest in EU
Social protection expenditure represented 27.5% of GDP in the EU last year, an increase of 0.2 percentage points (pp) compared with 2024, according to data published on November 6 by Eurostat.
iulian ernst · Journalist
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Among EU member states, the highest social protection expenditure as a percentage of GDP last year was recorded in Austria (32.4%), Finland (32.2%) and France (32.1%), while the lowest was in Ireland (11.7%), Malta (13.8%), Hungary (16.7%) and Romania (17.06%), G4media.ro reported.
By expenditure category, old-age pensions accounted for almost half of total social protection expenditure in the EU (41.5%, or EUR 2,152 billion), followed by healthcare expenditure (30%, or EUR 1,556 billion).
